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February 1, 2007Revista Latino-Americana de EnfermagemOpen Access

What to teach to patients with heart failure and why: the role of nurses in heart failure clinics

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Population

Patients with heart failure

Design

Review

Key result

Nursing-led systematic education on self-care for heart failure patients is essential to improve treatment adherence, prevent decompensation episodes, and maintain clinical stability.

Authors

EREneida Rejane RabeloGAGraziella Badin AlitiFDFernanda Bandeira Domingues

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Overview

Supports nurse-led HF self-care education; leaves open need for RCTs to establish causal effects on adherence and stability.

Structured PICO

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Population
Patients with heart failure
I
Intervention
Systematic education by nurses in heart failure clinics covering weight monitoring, sodium and fluid restrictions, physical activities, medication use, and symptom monitoring

Nurse-led systematic education on self-care is a fundamental strategy to improve adherence and clinical stability in patients with heart failure.

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Rabelo et al. (2007) conducted a review in Heart failure. Nursing education and self-care was evaluated. Nursing-led systematic education on self-care for heart failure patients is essential to improve treatment adherence, prevent decompensation episodes, and maintain clinical stability.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a732919b7c0b64c22c3f73dhttps://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692007000100024
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