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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 > Nutrition > Assess

Assess

Progress towards goals must be assessed every visit with intervention and goals revised accordingly. Especially important to evaluate are patient's verbalized and demonstrated knowledge, behavior and status.
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In order for the nurse to understand baseline behavior, weight history and 24-hour diet recall is a necessity.

USDA and HHS New Dietary Guidelines (Jan. 29, 2011) (Web Page) - Feb 1st, 2011
New Guidelines To Help Americans Make Healthier Food Choices and Confront Obesity Epidemic

Heart Failure Self-Assessment - Level 3 (doc) - Aug 1st, 2010
Patient questionaire to assess patient's understanding of his/her condition

Dehydration Risk Assessment - Level 2 (doc) - Aug 1st, 2010
A dehydration assessment tool

Updated Best Practice Recommended Assessment Questions and Observations (News Article) - Jul 20th, 2010
Assess Current Practices: 1. What do you typically eat in a day? 2. What types of food do you eat? 3. What times of the day do you usually eat? 4. How many meals do you eat out or order take-out food? 5. Do you use pre-packaged foods? 6. Have you changed anything in your diet since you...

 


Levels of evidence
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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.




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