title: Educating patients about congestive cardiac failure.
abstract: This paper describes the knowledge nurses need to educate patients about congestive cardiac failure. Its definition is presented, along with careful examination of the process by which it occurs. This includes a presentation of the related physiologies of left and right heart failure and their causes. Diagnosis and prognosis are considered, followed by discussion regarding treatment and its aims. Finally the lifestyle changes for patients with congestive cardiac failure are summarised.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Godden
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010353:Patient Education as Topic