Heart Failure Training Courses for Nurses and Allied Health
Two Day Training Course
Aims:
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To provide the knowledge required to manage heart failure patients in hospital and in the community;
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To provide networking opportunities for clinicians who are establishing Heart Failure Programs.
The course seeks to provide nurses and allied health professionals in Queensland specialising in heart failure with a solid background to the evidence of heart failure management as well as practical tips on ways to deliver the best care for patients. The teaching methods consist of case-based presentations, panel discussion, interactive sessions, pre and post knowledge test, and provision of templates and forms.
The course covers the following topics:
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The epidemiology and public health significance of heart failure for the general population and indigenous Australians: aetiology, types of heart failure, and the pathophysiology of the condition;
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Diagnosis and assessment, including imaging and medical and nursing assessment;
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Medical and pharmacological management and the role of ancillary therapies such as pacing and devices;
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The role of the nursing and allied health heart failure teams in care;
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The heart failure toolkit (which provides templates for letters, assessment proformas, treatment guidelines);
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Long term disease management, including the role of the general practice and community health service providers, ways of promoting condition self-management, exercise therapy, counselling, advance care planning and palliative care;
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Heart Failure Service Standards of Care.
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