• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Pharmacists and nurses possess pivotal roles regarding heart failure management. Numerous studies have demonstrated improve clinical outcomes for heart failure patients when an intensive medication reconciliation and discharge medication review were conducted to monitor for dosing appropriateness, omissions, duplications, and drug interactions by the pharmacist.  Likewise, multiple studies have demonstrated that individuals with heart failure are unable to describe their medication regimen, do not recognize worsening symptoms, and are unaware of how much sodium they should be ingesting. These gaps in knowledge hinder patients’ ability to engage in effective self-care. Nurses and pharmacists, then, play a vital role in closing these gaps.  This session seeks to arm pharmacists and nurses with the information needed to make meaningful clinical interventions for patients with heart failure.  Various pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies are discussed within the context of understanding heart failure on fundamental terms.
  

  Handouts

  • Homestudy PDF :   20167H01.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Indicate nonpharmacological treatment of heart failure

  Compare and contrast the pathophysiology between HFrEF and HFpEF

  Select optimal pharmacological treatment therapies for HFrEF treatment

  Identify novel pharmacological treatment therapies for HFrEF treatment

  Recognize the prognosis of heart failure

  Nurse

  Compare and contrast the pathophysiology between HFrEF and HFpEF

  Indicate nonpharmacological treatment of heart failure

  Identify novel pharmacological treatment therapies for HFrEF treatment

  Select optimal pharmacological treatment therapies for HFrEF treatment

  Recognize the prognosis of heart failure

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-707935

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-20-167-H01-P
  Nurse 0798-0000-20-167-H01-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Lance  Azzo, PharmD Freelance Medical Writer

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