title: Improving Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the difference in cardiac nurses' knowledge and perceived competency in the care of patients with heart failure (HF). Fifty-seven cardiac RNs completed the Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Competency Survey as a pretest/posttest measure. Each participant attended a 30-minute HF education session. Nurses' knowledge of HF significantly improved from 25.60 (SD = 2.92) pretest score to 27.30 (SD = 3.11) posttest score. The difference between the two means is statistically significant at the .001 level (t = -4.2, df = 56).
authors.affiliation: Maureen G. Roussel, DNP, APRN, CCRN, CCNS, is the Cardiothoracic Clinical Nurse Specialist, Heart and Vascular Center, Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Maureen G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Roussel
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D064646:Cardiovascular Nursing / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires