Heart Failure Management

Course aim

This course will assist health professionals to develop specialised knowledge and skill related to the current practice and principles underlying care and management of patients with chronic heart failure in the hospital outpatient and community care setting.

Course content

The anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system; pathophysiology of acute and chronic heart failure; advanced assessment and diagnostic investigations in heart failure; principals of chronic heart failure management: pharmacological agents, devices and non-pharmacological management; principles of managing common comorbidities and risk factors; principles of evaluating the effectiveness of optimal heart failure management: from the individual to the program.

Textbook(s)

Nicholson, C 2008, Heart failure: A clinical nursing handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. ISBN: 978-0-470-05760-5

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Clinical Portfolio, Online Test, Participation in online discussions

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.