Treatment of Heart Failure: An Update
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with current information about the scientific advances in the treatment of acute heart failure.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Summarize the incidence and financial impact of heart failure.
- Identify the four stages of heart failure.
- Discuss the neurohormonal components of heart failure.
- Describe the role of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the diagnosis of heart failure.
- Define the role of vasoactive systems in the pathogenesis of heart failure.
- Review the use of BNP as a point-of-care testing tool and in guiding therapy of heart failure in the outpatient setting.
- Outline the management of patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic heart failure.
- List devices used in the management of heart failure.
- Describe impedance cardiography as a noninvasive tool to assess cardiovascular status of patients with heart failure.
- Discuss the role of members of the multidisciplinary team in the heart failure clinic.
- Outline the treatment plan of those patients enrolled in the heart failure clinic.
- Discuss the future directions in the treatment of heart failure.
- Summarize the Joint Commission guidelines for heart failure-specific care.
About the Author/Presenter
Patricia Lea, RN, DNP, MSEd, CCRN, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1973 from Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas. She returned to graduate school to complete a Master’s degree in Education, specifically Health Education, in 1996 from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a Doctorate in Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership in 2014 from American Sentinel University in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Lea specializes in critical care nursing, with an emphasis on heart failure and sepsis. She started her career at the Houston Methodist Hospital in the cardiovascular ICU and opened an acute dialysis unit at what is now Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in the Houston Medical Center. Dr. Lea was a Cardiovascular Clinical Coordinator and Director of the Heart Failure Clinic at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas. In 2004, Dr. Lea returned to Houston and was employed as a Senior Research Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Texas Heart Institute coordinating stem cell and cardiac stent trials. She is currently Associate Professor and Baccalaureate Program Director at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing in Galveston, Texas.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing, Physician
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