Management strategies to meet the core heart failure measures for acute decompensated heart failure: A nursing perspective

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-320

  Gardetto, Nancy J ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Core heart failure measures; Heart failure; Quality management; Synergy model

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; CATECHOLAMINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; EPLERENONE; EYE DROPS; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; NESIRITIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SIMVASTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; BENCHMARKING; CARDIOLOGY; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548699333     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CNQ.0000290364.57677.56     Document Type: Review

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