Managing Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure
by Cindy Cunningham, RN, MS, APRN-BC
Expiration Date: December 31, 2008. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.
This independent study has what you need to know about the new practice guidelines for evaluation, care, and treatment of heart failure patients in the hospital.
Objectives:
- 1. State the role of neurohormonal activation in heart failure (HF).
2. Identify tests used to evaluate patients with HF.
3. Describe nursing care of the patient hospitalized with HF.
4. Summarize the rationale for drug therapy used to manage patients with HF.
Read the article [PDF], then click on the link below to take the test.
Author
Cindy Cunningham, RN, MS, APRN-BC, is coordinator of the Heart Failure Program at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
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