Creating an education model for cardiac patients.
Patient education is important in reducing the risk of recurrence of myocardial infarction. Education should be specific to patients' individual needs. Patients need motivating to achieve the required behaviour changes. A multidisciplinary, multifactorial approach to education is most effective.
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Coronary Care Unit, Waterford Regional Hospital, Ireland.
D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000451:nursing*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*