Abstract
Recovery from heart failure and coping with the effects of this serious condition has a major impact on the self-care demand of patients with heart failure. To prevent potential self-care deficits, education and support are important issues in nursing care. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a supportive-educative program that is designed to enhance self-care abilities of patients with heart failure. To structure nursing care for these patients and their families in a consistent systematized way, Orem's general theory of nursing is used as a frame of reference.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 79-85 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nursing science quarterly |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Activities of Daily Living
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Heart Failure/nursing
- Humans
- Nursing Assessment/methods
- Nursing Theory
- Patient Education as Topic/organization & administration
- Program Development/methods
- Self Care