Nursing Assignment: Exploring Heart Failure and Patient Education

This nursing assignment explores the complexities of heart failure management and patient education. It examines the effectiveness of educational interventions, patient experiences with depressive symptoms and anxiety, and the impact of heart failure on daily life. The report discusses relevant research, including studies on treatment adherence and the use of qualitative research methods, such as questionnaires, to gather data on patient perspectives. The assignment also highlights the importance of understanding the challenges faced by patients and the role of healthcare providers in improving their quality of life. It also references several research papers by Unverzagt, Dekker, Fry and Vaillant-Roussel, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic.

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Educational intervention in the management of heart failure is an issue that has
received support and opposition from researchers. Unverzagt, Meyer, Mittmann, Samos,
Unverzagt, and Prondzinsky (2016) explained that patient adherence to heart failure
medication could be achieved by providing them with evidence-based information and
comprehensive information that enables them to develop realistic expectations and take up
individual responsibilities to deal with their disease and treatments. On the other hand,
Vaillant-Roussel et al. (2016) conducted a randomized control trial to explore the impact of
pragmatic education intervention in improving the chronic heart failure (CHF) patients’
quality of life. The findings indicated that the patient education programs focused on
treatment adherence and diet were not effective in improving the patients’ quality of life.
Patients have negative experiences resulting from heart failure diagnosis. Dekker
(2014) explained that heart failure experiences depressive symptoms and anxiety due to poor
health, traumatic experiences in their past life, negative thoughts, and financial stressors.
They also experience anxiety which results in despair, hopelessness, decreased abilities to
practice self-care, and unhealthy social relationships. Fry et al. (2016) explained that heart
failure diagnosis disrupts the lives of patients due to uncertainties and communication delays
from healthcare providers.
To collect data regarding patients’ experiences regarding the effectiveness of
education interventions, the qualitative phenomenological research design is appropriate.
Data collection can be achieved using self-administered questionnaires. Eckerdal and
Hagström (2017) explained that qualitative questionnaires are an effective method for
generating rich information that is essential for researchers. It can also e used to collect data
from a large sample within a short time.
References

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Dekker R. L. (2014). Patient perspectives about depressive symptoms in heart failure: a
review of the qualitative literature. The Journal of cardiovascular nursing, 29(1),
E9–E15. doi:10.1097/JCN.0b013e318273a5d6
Eckerdal, J. R., & Hagström, C. (2017). Qualitative questionnaires as a method for
information studies research. Information Research, 22(1).
Fry, M., McLachlan, S., Purdy, S., Sanders, T., Kadam, U. T., & Chew-Graham, C. A.
(2016). The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life,
family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative
analysis. BMC family practice, 17(1), 139.
Unverzagt, S., Meyer, G., Mittmann, S., Samos, F. A., Unverzagt, M., & Prondzinsky, R.
(2016). Improving Treatment Adherence in Heart Failure. Deutsches Arzteblatt
international, 113(25), 423–430. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2016.0423
Vaillant-Roussel, H., Laporte, C., Pereira, B., De Rosa, M., Eschalier, B., Vorilhon, C., ... &
Dubray, C. (2016). Impact of patient education on chronic heart failure in primary
care (ETIC): a cluster randomised trial. BMC family practice, 17(1), 80.