Abstract

Hypothesis: Patient risk for ‘Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction’ can be significantly mitigated vis-a-vis nurse to patient, education of pathophysiology.
Purpose: To embolden ‘nurse to patient’ messaging about the rationale for an array of lifestyle choices as a protective factor in the effort to decrease the potential for the advancement of ‘Heart
Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction’ class diagnosis progression.
Problem: A knowledge deficit in ‘at risk’ patient populations creates a barrier to delivering optimal patient outcomes. The aforementioned maxim is explored from a heart failure nursing perspective.
Assumption: A collaborative approach may offer insight.
Assumption: People who understand the pathology of lifestyle choices are better equipped to make heart healthy choices.
Assumption: Health Literacy Discrepancies may be a barrier to delivering optimal patient outcomes for provider teams.
Challenge: There are opportunities to better equip patients with sources of quality knowledge, efficiently.
Response: Nurses are the best equipped group to fill this gap.
Recommendation:
(1) Better resourced providers can help deliver more favorable outcomes for patients.
(2) Face to face, ‘nurse to patient’ communication is the ideal venue for education activities.
Plan: Nursing education to be leveraged as a protective factor in the general population