Running head: TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE 1
Translating Evidence into Practice: Acute Heart Failure Management
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Translating Evidence into Practice: Acute Heart Failure Management
Restate your PICOT question and its significance to nursing practice.
Reducing hospitalization and mortality due to acute heart failure. The
characterization of the evolution of acute heart failure is still poor, with the involvement
of the physician in assessing the signs and symptoms of the patient being crucial. Acute
heart failure patient outcomes can be improved if care providers are actively involved in
assessing the patients instead of relying on patient-reported progress only. The
physician assessment reports can help in improving the judgement about care for acute
heart failure cases. Alternatively, caregivers, such as nurses, can help the patients to
take medication and report on the patient's health condition. Therefore, the involvement
of nurses in providing care to acute heart failure patients can help in improving the
patient outcomes due to increased adherence to medication and accuracy of health
assessments.
Summarize the findings from the articles you selected for your literature review.
Cowie et al. (2014) present a report on how care for AHF patients can be
improved. The authors cite that heart failure cases will continue to rise among the aged
persons, which calls for prompt actions to meet the needs of acute heart failure patients
to reduce re-hospitalization, deaths, and improve prognosis. The use of evidence-based
medications has been cited as a success in reducing instances of acute heart failure,
but the practices need to be galvanized with proper management, especially when
discharging patients and during follow-up of treatment at home or in the health care
facilities. The involvement of a team of specialists, led by a cardiologist, is one of the
best hospital care that acute heart failure patients can get. Nurses should form part of
Translating Evidence into Practice: Acute Heart Failure Management
Name
Institution
Date
, TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE 2
Translating Evidence into Practice: Acute Heart Failure Management
Restate your PICOT question and its significance to nursing practice.
Reducing hospitalization and mortality due to acute heart failure. The
characterization of the evolution of acute heart failure is still poor, with the involvement
of the physician in assessing the signs and symptoms of the patient being crucial. Acute
heart failure patient outcomes can be improved if care providers are actively involved in
assessing the patients instead of relying on patient-reported progress only. The
physician assessment reports can help in improving the judgement about care for acute
heart failure cases. Alternatively, caregivers, such as nurses, can help the patients to
take medication and report on the patient's health condition. Therefore, the involvement
of nurses in providing care to acute heart failure patients can help in improving the
patient outcomes due to increased adherence to medication and accuracy of health
assessments.
Summarize the findings from the articles you selected for your literature review.
Cowie et al. (2014) present a report on how care for AHF patients can be
improved. The authors cite that heart failure cases will continue to rise among the aged
persons, which calls for prompt actions to meet the needs of acute heart failure patients
to reduce re-hospitalization, deaths, and improve prognosis. The use of evidence-based
medications has been cited as a success in reducing instances of acute heart failure,
but the practices need to be galvanized with proper management, especially when
discharging patients and during follow-up of treatment at home or in the health care
facilities. The involvement of a team of specialists, led by a cardiologist, is one of the
best hospital care that acute heart failure patients can get. Nurses should form part of
