Nurses play a key role in delivering essential patient education on heart failure self-management, though evidence on their knowledge of these principles is limited.
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Supports nurse-led HF education; leaves open rigorous assessment of knowledge gaps before practice change.
Heart failure is a chronic illness that poses a significant societal burden in the United States. Health care facilities are challenged to provide the most current treatment options available for patients with heart failure. Patient education focusing on self-management is recognized as essential. Nurses play a key role in the delivery of patient education. This article reviews the limited available evidence regarding nurses' knowledge of heart failure self-management principles. The key topics of symptom and weight management, dietary recommendations, medications, and activity are discussed.
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Washburn et al. (2008) studied this question.
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