Although heart failure is one of the more common potentially life-threatening conditions seen in long-stay nursing and residential care homes, its management is often sorely neglected. Poorly diagnosed and undertreated, the symptoms of heart failure are commonly allowed to progress until the patient'...
Nursingassessmentfor patients with heart failure emphasizes evaluating the efficacy of treatment and the patient’s adherence to self-management strategies. Monitoring and reporting worsening signs and symptoms of heart failure are essential for adjusting therapy. Additionally, thenurseaddresses the patient’...
International Journal of Nursing StudiesCockayne S, Pattenden J, Worthy G, Richardson G, Lewin R. Nurse facilitated Self-management support for people with heart failure and their family carers (SEMAPHFOR): a randomised controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014;51(9):1207–13. : 10.1016...
An analysis of the applicability of heart failure trials to elderly patients. Article Google Scholar Valle R, Chinellato M, Milani L: Impact of guideline-based management on outcomes of very old persons with heart failure living in nursing homes. Arch Intern Med 2001, 161:2264–2265. ...
p pBackground/p pHeart failure is likely to be particularly prevalent in the nursing home population, but reliable data about the prevalence of heart failure in nursing homes are lacking. Therefore the aims of this study are to investigate (a) the prevalence and management of heart failure in...
Certification in heart failure nursing is coming Background: Research findings on the value of nurse certification were based on subjective perceptions or biased by correlations of certification status an... L Baas - 《Heart & Lung》 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Implementation and certification of a ...
Heart Failure Brenda McCulloch RN, MSN, in Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2015 Introduction Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome resulting from structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood. This leads to symptoms of fatigue, dyspnea, and th...
Chronic heart failure (HF) is the only heart condition increasing in prevalence and is primarily a condition of aging. This condition has outcomes worse than many cancers; however, patients are often denied the benefits of palliative care with its important emphasis on symptom management, spiritualit...
Heart Failure Nursing # 3 Heart failure Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to meet the demand of the body’s metabolic needs‚ which leads to decreased cardiac output‚ increased preload and after load (Story‚ 2015). Approxim...
Using qualitative research study methods, this study identified the key factors that patients, health care professionals, and family caregivers perceived as most helpful in effectively managing heart failure (HF) at home. These key factors were the following: (a) family caregiver involvement, (b) ...