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Hospital nurses' comfort in and frequency of delivering heart failure self-care education Nancy M Albert, Bonni Cohen, Xiaobo Liu, Carolyn H Best, Laura Aspinwall and Lisa Pratt Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs published online 16 June 2014 DOI: 10.1177/1474515114540756 The online version of this article can be found at: http://cnu.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/14/1474515114540756
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CNU0010.1177/1474515114540756European Journal of Cardiovascular NursingAlbert et al.
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY ®
Original Paper
Hospital nurses’ comfort in and frequency of delivering heart failure self-care education
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 1–10 © The European Society of Cardiology 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1474515114540756 cnu.sagepub.com
Nancy M Albert1, Bonni Cohen2, Xiaobo Liu1, Carolyn H Best3, Laura Aspinwall1 and Lisa Pratt1
Abstract Background: Nurses are expected to deliver pre-discharge heart failure education in 8 content areas: what heart failure means, medications, diet, activity, weight monitoring, fluid restriction, signs/symptoms of worsening condition and signs/symptoms of fluid overload. Aims: To examine nurses’ comfort in and frequency of delivering heart failure education to hospitalized patients. Methods: A multicenter, descriptive, correlational design and questionnaire methods were used. General linear models were performed to assess associations of comfort in and frequency of delivering patient education after controlling for significant nurse characteristics. Results: Of 118 nurses, mean age was 39 ± 11.6 years, 61.9% worked on cardiac units and 58.3% spent
Hospital nurses' comfort in and frequency of delivering heart failure self-care education Nancy M Albert, Bonni Cohen, Xiaobo Liu, Carolyn H Best, Laura Aspinwall and Lisa Pratt Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs published online 16 June 2014 DOI: 10.1177/1474515114540756 The online version of this article can be found at: http://cnu.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/14/1474515114540756
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European Society of Cardiology
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540756 research-article2014
CNU0010.1177/1474515114540756European Journal of Cardiovascular NursingAlbert et al.
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY ®
Original Paper
Hospital nurses’ comfort in and frequency of delivering heart failure self-care education
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 1–10 © The European Society of Cardiology 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1474515114540756 cnu.sagepub.com
Nancy M Albert1, Bonni Cohen2, Xiaobo Liu1, Carolyn H Best3, Laura Aspinwall1 and Lisa Pratt1
Abstract Background: Nurses are expected to deliver pre-discharge heart failure education in 8 content areas: what heart failure means, medications, diet, activity, weight monitoring, fluid restriction, signs/symptoms of worsening condition and signs/symptoms of fluid overload. Aims: To examine nurses’ comfort in and frequency of delivering heart failure education to hospitalized patients. Methods: A multicenter, descriptive, correlational design and questionnaire methods were used. General linear models were performed to assess associations of comfort in and frequency of delivering patient education after controlling for significant nurse characteristics. Results: Of 118 nurses, mean age was 39 ± 11.6 years, 61.9% worked on cardiac units and 58.3% spent
