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Preventative measures outlined in the new American Heart Association guidelines can decrease cardiovascular disease risk in women, with nurse practitioners playing a key role in implementation.
This article reviews the American Heart Association guidelines for preventing cardiovascular disease in women and highlights the role of nurse practitioners in their implementation.
May support NP-led AHA guideline adoption for women’s CVD prevention; leaves open prospective implementation trials.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women in the United States, but a woman's risk can be decreased with preventative measures. This article focuses on the new American Heart Association guidelines for preventing cardiovascular disease in women and the nurse practitioner's role in implementing them.
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Wood et al. (2012) studied this question. Preventative measures outlined in the new American Heart Association guidelines can decrease cardiovascular disease risk in women, with nurse practitioners playing a key role in implementation.
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