title: Advance-practice nursing in heart-failure management: an integrative review.
abstract: The number of patients with heart failure (HF) is predicted to escalate into the next decade, whereas the number of cardiac specialists who are skilled in evidence-based recommendations in HF practice will struggle to provide available, quality care. The advance-practice nurse, whose focus is HF management, may be an important key to improving access to this growing aggregate. This integrative review indicates the positive cost-to-benefit ratio for the advance-practice nurse's collaboration in HF management. Other measurable nursing outcomes have yet to scratch the surface, thereby inviting studies into areas that will promote the patient's quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Care Coordination, H068, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA. mosevala@psu.edu
authors.forename: Mary Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Osevala
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing*; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D014481:United States