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Adult nursing
Home care management for patients with heart failure: translating evidence into clinical practice
  1. Eduesley Santana-Santos1,2,
  2. Rita de Cássia Almeida Vieira1,2
  1. 1Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Sao Cristovao, Sergipe, Brazil
  2. 2Translational Research and Critical Care Group - TReCC Group, Federal University of Sergipe, Sao Cristovao, Sergipe, Brazil
  1. Correspondence to Professor Eduesley Santana-Santos, Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Sao Cristovao, Sergipe, Brazil; eduesley.santos{at}academico.ufs.br

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103773

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    Commentary on: Hashemlu L, Esmaeili R, Bahramnezhad F, et al. A systematic review on clinical guidelines of home health care in heart failure patients. BMC Nurs. 2023 Apr 18;22:127. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01294-w.

    Implications for practice and research

    • It is recommended that home care nurses use specific guidelines when caring for heart failure (HF) patients at home in order to improve symptom control and reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions.

    • The development of guidelines for nurses centred on home care for patients with HF can improve the implementation of strategies for the management of the disease.

    Context

    There is a growing emphasis on home healthcare, especially in light of current efforts to reduce health-related costs and improve the quality of care for HF patients. It is estimated that nurses provide home care to around 11 million patients in the USA, so it is desirable for these nurses to have skills in implementing strategies and care for the …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.