Chapter 3- Heart Failure

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:
1. Differentiate between the common underlying etiologies of heart failure, including ischemic, nonischemic, and idiopathic causes.
2. Describe the pathophysiology of heart failure as it relates to neurohormonal activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the sympathetic nervous system.
3. Identify signs and symptoms of heart failure and classify a given patient by New York Heart Association Functional Classification and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Heart Failure Stage recommendations.
4. Describe the goals of therapy for a patient with acute or chronic heart failure.
5. Develop a nonpharmacologic treatment plan which includes patient education for managing heart failure.
6. Develop a specific evidence-based pharmacologic treatment plan for a patient with acute or chronic heart failure based on disease severity and symptoms.
7. Formulate a monitoring plan for the nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment of a patient with heart failure.

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