CE on Heart Failure

CE383-60b ·1.0 hr
$10.00

Blood Test, Drugs Boost Success in Managing Heart Failure
Author: John P. Harper, RN, MSN, BC

Objectives:

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about the incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and pharmacologic management of heart failure, including the use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) assay levels. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

Describe the pathophysiology of heart failure.
Discuss the use of BNP assay levels in the management of heart failure.
Discuss three medications used in the management of heart failure.

Free Online English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Terms

The English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms has

nearly 14,000 terms covering topics such as emergency and disaster preparedness, terms related to anatomy, signs and symptoms, communicable diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health, nutrition, occupational health, environmental health, oral health, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and traditional medicine. Also, many popular terms used in Mexico and Central America to describe signs and symptoms of illness have been included in the dictionary.

A project of the Health Initiative of the Americas, this guide is available as a pdf file, and is freely available in order to help strengthen communication between Spanish speaking people and healthcare workers.

History of Nursing Resource

If you need to write a paper on some aspect of nursing history for a class, this site from the American Association of the History of Nursing has links to many topics, including the history of nursing caps, Army Nurse Corps, Black Nurses in history, Civil War nursing and women who served in Vietnam.