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"The body of knowledge that serves as the rationale for nursing practice determines the areas of specialty to develop as well as the manner in which that knowledge is organized, tested and applied." -Carper, 1978
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Heart Failure > Coping > Assess

Assess

Question patients' and/or caregivers’ attitudes, expectations, adherence to medical regime and what resources they might have available to them to assist in coping.
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Best Practice Recommended Questions to Assess Patient's Current Coping Abilities- Level 2 (News Article) - Sep 19th, 2007
Assess Current Practices: Over the past two weeks have you felt sad or depressed? Over the past two weeks have you lost interest in or pleasure in activities plus: Experienced a significant change in your appetite or weight? Had difficulty falling or staying asleep? Felt restless or sluggish...

Heart Failure: Depression Assessment- Level 2 (pdf) - Sep 12th, 2007
Geriatric depression scale with questions to assess a patient exhibiting symptoms of depression. This material is provided by the Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Pennsylvania

 


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Level 1
Systematic reviews and repeated studies, thoroughly researched.
Level 2
Experimental (Single or Quasi experimental study) and non-experimental (Exploratory or qualitative study).
Level 3
Recommendations of respected, experienced homecare authorities.
Level 4
Not Recommended.



The development of the hypertension and chronic stable angina project was made possible by a grant from the New York State Attorney General on behalf of the Attorneys General of all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico from litigation settlement funds to benefit the healthcare needs of consumers with high blood pressure and angina. Original funding for the site was provided in part by US Congress and CDC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.