Palliative Care for the Patient with Heart Failure

Course overview

This course reviews palliative care for patients with heart failure. You will develop an understanding of the disease process of heart failure and its management in accordance with the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) updated guidelines for the management of heart failure. In addition, you will learn when palliative care for patients with heart failure is appropriate, effective symptom management for heart failure, the importance of developing goals of care with patients who have heart failure, and criteria for referral to hospice. The goal of this course is to provide nurses in hospice and palliative care with knowledge of how to optimize care for patients with heart failure.