Acute Heart Failure
Acute Heart Failure is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Description:
Heart failure (HF) treatment is costly and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Evidence-based treatment guidelines improve patient outcomes, and it is essential to become familiar with these guidelines to reduce patient mortality. Healthcare team members play a significant role in treating acute HF (AHF), helping to reduce the morbidity and mortality of the disease and decrease the use and costs associated with care.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
This course aims to educate nurses and nutrition and dietetics professionals in the acute care setting about evidence-based heart failure treatment guidelines.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Describe heart failure, including its classification systems, presentation, treatment, and evidence-based therapies.
• Describe strategies for patient self-management.