Why the study?
Does an education and communication intervention improve community health nurses' knowledge of heart failure education principles?
Population
61 nurses working in the community
Comparison
Education and communication intervention vs Pre-intervention baseline
Design
Other
Key result
An education and communication intervention improved community nurses' knowledge of heart failure education principles, with more questions answered correctly by >90% of nurses post-intervention.
Authors
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Supports targeted HF education for community nurses; leaves open translation to patient outcomes and requires prospective trials.
Does an education and communication intervention improve community health nurses' knowledge of heart failure education principles?
An education and communication intervention can effectively improve community health nurses' knowledge of essential heart failure self-management principles.
Susan Fowler (2012) studied Heart failure (n=61). Education and communication intervention vs. Pre-intervention was evaluated on Correct responses on a 20-item survey assessing knowledge of heart failure self-management education principles. An education and communication intervention improved community nurses' knowledge of heart failure education principles, with more questions answered correctly by >90% of nurses post-intervention.