Evaluating the effect of setting up a nurse-led heart failure service

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The development and performance of the specialist nurse that was recruited to establish and manage a nurse-led service to manage heart failure is evaluated. Nurse-led initiatives can definitely make dramatic improvements to patients' lives as well as to families, thus specialist nurse programmes should be implemented along with a cardiac rehabilitation programme for the client group.

Author: Ayers, Niki
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2005
Evaluation, Rehabilitation nursing

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Palliative care for patients with end-stage heart failure

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This article examines how nurses can help patients manage the symptoms of heart failure, focusing on breathlessness, fatigue, sleep disorders, appetite loss, constipation, pain and skin abnormalities. Topics include the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of terminal patients.

Author: Flowers, Barbara
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
Methods

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Extended independent nurse prescribing in palliative care

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British laws governing when nurses may prescribe medications for patients receiving palliative care for a life-threatening illness are reviewed.

Author: Mula, Carole, Ware, Sue
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Drug therapy, Prescriptions (Drugs)

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Subjects list: Care and treatment, United Kingdom, Practice, Nurses, Heart failure, Palliative treatment, Palliative care
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