Full course description
This presentation will provide the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with evidence-based information on new heart failure guidelines and treatments to improve outcomes in patients with heart failure in primary care. Learning objectives: Describe clinical presentation and exam findings in heart failure Demonstrate a diagnostic approach to heart failure Discuss pharmacologic treatment options in heart failure Explain strategies for maximizing outcomes for patients with heart failure This course provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing professional development, including .75 contact hours of pharmacology. Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.