Nurse-led care of heart failure: will it work in remote settings?
This paper reviews the role of predominantly nurse-led, multidisciplinary, chronic heart failure management programs as part of the gold-standard management of patients discharged from hospital with this syndrome. It discusses the various options for applying these evidence-based programs and how they apply to the management of those living in rural/remote Australia. Specifically, it describes the challenges of applying CHF management in remote settings and how face-to-face, family based programs of care might be particularly effective from an Indigenous perspective. Finally, it describes ongoing research to determine the best approach to CHF management in remote settings.
Preventative Health, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia. simon.stewart@bakeridi.edu.au
Simon
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Stewart
D001315:Australia; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D012939:Social Planning