Journal ArticleThe American journal of hospice & palliative care · October 2024
BackgroundApproximately 6.7 million American adults are living with heart failure (HF). Current therapies are geared toward preventing progression and managing symptoms, as there is no cure. Multiple studies have shown the benefit of including pal ...
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Journal ArticleDimens Crit Care Nurs · May 2023
BACKGROUND: The standard of care for family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) is evolving, and leading organizations collectively recommend establishing institutional policy for its practice. Although FPDR is supported at this single institution, the pr ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners · February 2023
AbstractThe benefits to postgraduate training programs (PTPs) for nurse practitioners (NPs) in all populations are being well established in the literature. As health care systems and teams evolve, acute care NPs (neonatal, pediatric, and adult-ge ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for Nurse Practitioners · April 1, 2022
The nurse practitioner's scope of practice is defined by their educational preparation and board certification. Therefore, nurse practitioner clinical practice must align with the population foci of their certification. As more nurse practitioners are seek ...
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Journal ArticleAACN advanced critical care · March 2022
This article provides a broad overview of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, including evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment options. Nursing considerations and clinical management are reviewed through the lens of a case study. Early diagnosis ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Crit Care · November 1, 2021
BACKGROUND: Family presence during resuscitation is the compassionate practice of allowing a patient's family to witness treatment for cardiac or respiratory arrest (code blue event) when appropriate. Offering family presence during resuscitation as an int ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for Nurse Practitioners · June 1, 2021
Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors recently emerged as an effective therapy for heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction. Recent published clinical trials have confirmed these agents substantially reduce mortality and HF hospitaliza ...
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Journal ArticleJAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants · October 2020
Cardiac amyloidosis is an infiltrative abnormality that causes myocardial thickening and dysfunction. Historically, it has been underrecognized as a cause of heart failure and was often misdiagnosed. In the past decade, the cardiology community has improve ...
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Journal ArticleGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · November 2019
There is mounting evidence that Family Presence During Resuscitation (FPDR) can benefit family members who wish to observe the resuscitation efforts of a loved one. Given that older patients have poor resuscitation outcomes, presence of a family advocate c ...
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