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Experiences Of Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients With Primary Implant Education, Dawn Michelle Christensen
Experiences Of Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients With Primary Implant Education, Dawn Michelle Christensen
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Advancement in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device therapy has led to increased use in heart failure therapy and relies on optimized patient education for successful support. The purpose of this 3-manuscript study, guided by the Husserlian transcendental phenomenological method, was to explore the lived experiences of (a) patients with primary mechanical circulatory support education (PMCSE), (b) patients who undergo unplanned MCS implantation with PMCSE, and (c) patients who undergo planned MCS implantation with PMCSE. Eleven participants were recruited (eight planned, three unplanned) from MCS targeted social media sites and interviewed using a semistructured open-ended question format. Data were analyzed using …
Exploring Education Needs For Heart Failure Patients' Transition Of Care To Home, Michelle D. Williams
Exploring Education Needs For Heart Failure Patients' Transition Of Care To Home, Michelle D. Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Transitions of care is a model designed to ensure that patients have resources needed to assist them to care for themselves at home after hospital discharge, which helps to decrease preventable adverse events. For people with heart failure (HF) to transition home from the hospital successfully, specific education is needed that is individualized to the disease process, but most patients' educational needs after discharge are unmet. The purpose of this qualitative study, guided by the Meleis middle range theory of transition, was to explore the perspectives of people with HF about their educational needs in order to gather data that …
Teaching Heart Failure Patients A Low-Sodium Diet, Karen Faye Wright
Teaching Heart Failure Patients A Low-Sodium Diet, Karen Faye Wright
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a progressive medical condition affecting more than 7 million people in the United States (US) with 700,000 new cases reported annually. More than half of those treated for CHF are readmitted at least once a year. The problem addressed by this quality improvement initiative was lack of adherence to low sodium diet (LSD) among CHF patients, knowledge and skill deficit, and excessive 30-day CHF readmissions. The health belief model and the self-care deficit theory guide nurses in acquiring the skills needed to teach LSD. Twelve months of data were selected from 93 CHF readmissions from …