Standardized Procedures and Guidelines for Evidence-Based Practice for Heart Failure

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Assignment Content:

Each state has its own requirements for advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) practice. Employers, likewise, may have additional limitations for APRN practice, such as standardized policies and procedures, chart review processes, supervising physician agreements, etc.

Use your findings from this week’s Standardized Policies and Procedures Research learning activity (SEE Instructions BELOW) for this assignment.

·         Write a 2,200-word evidence-based practice paper that you would consider submitting for publication on the evaluation, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the topic selected of  “Heart Failure”.

·         Apply appropriate national guidelines and evidence-based practice guidelines (See BELOW for some Referenced Material …)

Include the following components regarding Heart Failure:

• Introduction, morbidity and mortality, etiology, pathophysiology, and diagnostic testing
• Clinical presentation, relevant objective and subjective findings
• Diagnostic criteria and management, including clinical preventive services and treatment plan (treatment plans must follow evidence-based practice and national guidelines when available)

Include a minimum of 10 references from the most current national guidelines from professional sites and sources including peer reviewed articles in the last five years (preferable in the last three years).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

[ https://www.heart.org/en/professional]

Please use these Articles researched for the paper…., but remember to include the other ones from reliable sources:

·         Berliner, D., Hänselmann, A., & Bauersachs, J. (2020). The Treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Deutsches Aerzteblatt International, 117(21), 376–385. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2020.0376

·         Fonseca, C., Brito, D., Branco, P., Frazão, J. M., Silva-Cardoso, J., & Bettencourt, P. (2020). Hyperkalemia and management of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A systematic review. Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition), 39(9), 517–541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.repce.2020.03.010

·         Long, B., Koyfman, A., & Gottlieb, M. (2019). Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Review. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 20(6), 875–884. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.9.43732

·         Reddy, Y. N. V., & Borlaug, B. A. (2020). Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Where Do We Stand? Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95(4), 629+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A623573459/ITBC?u=uphoenix&sid=ITBC&xid=d07e5377

·         Wood, R. L., Migliore, L. A., Nasshan, S. J., Mirghani, S. R., & Contasti, A. C. (2019). Confronting Challenges in Reducing Heart Failure 30-Day Readmissions: Lessons Learned With Implications for Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 1, 43. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12336

·         Yancy, C. W., Jessup, M., Bozkurt, B., Butler, J., Casey, J. D. E., Colvin, M. M., Drazner, M. H., Filippatos, G. S., Fonarow, G. C., Givertz, M. M., Hollenberg, S. M., Lindenfeld, J., Masoudi, F. A., McBride, P. E., Peterson, P. N., Stevenson, L. W., & Westlake, C. (2017). 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 70(6), 776–803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.025

·         Standardized Policies and Procedures Research Locate and download the board of nursing sample template for standardized policies and procedures for your state of practice FLORIDA.