Living with Congestive Heart Failure

Judith KettermanWalden University

Intergrading Technology Into Nursing Education

NURS-6320-9December 11, 2011

Introduction:

This is an course that is designed to aide in patient education on Congestive Heart Failure using the Constructivist design to enhance and create a student centered

learning environment.

Target Population:

Patients currently admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of CHF.

Patients that have been admitted to the hospital within the last 30 days.

Family members of patients recently diagnosis with CHF.

Course Purpose:

With the amount of patients being diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure continuing to grow with an estimated 400,000 new cases each year (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1996).

The purpose for this course is to educate patients and their family members on

Congestive Heart failure and how to manage the disease with the goal of reducing the amount of re-hospitalizations by helping patients to have a better understanding of treatment and lifestyle

changes.

Course Objectives:

Objective 1:

Patients and family members will gain an basic understanding of CHF and how it affects the body.

Objective 2:

Patients and family members will learn how to manage CHF with medication and lifestyle changes.

Course Organization

Course Content:

Overview of CHFTreatment Lifestyle changesPrognosisWhen to contact a Medical

ProfessionalPreventing re-hospitalization

Course Structure:

This would be presented over several class sessions in a hybrid course.

Patients would receive printed copies of the power point presentation slides with additional areas for note taking.

The hospital web site would also have a link to the Power point presentation.

Course would be able to be accessed from inpatient rooms via the TV.

Other resources such as addition websites to aide the patient in understanding CHF would be provided.

Course Activities:

Interactive discussions of topicsPresenting scenarios followed by

discussionMultiple choice questions to review

content for each section covered.Group projects in class

Course Multimedia:

Usage of graphs and chartsBasic animationVideo presentations

Navigation & Page layout:

Navigation:Power Point presentation presenting

information covering each course section with handouts.

Presentations available via hospital website link and via the hospital TV channel for inpatient educational use.

Page Layout:Hospital web home page with link to

course materialConsistent design on power point

design placement.

Interaction:

Synchronous: Discharge teaching Class discussions Group Projects in

class Teleconferencing

Asynchronous: Review of course

material via internet, handouts, and inpatient TV.

Bulletin board on CHF website via hospital website link.

Email access to instructor.

Discussion Question 1:

Knowing the symptoms of heart failure is important in being able to gage if your heart failure is worsening and may require further treatment by your healthcare provider. Which of the following changes should you notify your doctor of:a. Sudden increase in weight gain of 3 pounds in a day or 5 pounds in a week.b. A cough that does not go away.c. Irregular heartbeat (to slow or fast).d. Increase in swelling of the feet, ankles, or legs.e. All the above

Discussion Question 2:

Describe one of the ways in which

you have changed your lifestyle to better

manage your CHF?

References:

Bodenheimer, T., & Abrarnowitz, S. (2010). Helping Patients Help Themselves: How to implement self-management support. California Healthcare Foundation.

Hoyt, R. E., & Bowling, L. S. (2001). Reducing Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure. American Family Physician, 63(8), p.1593-1599.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (1996, September). Data Fact Sheet: Congestive Heart Failure in the United States. Retrieved September 12, 2011, from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: http://library.thinkquest.org/27533/facts.html

O'Neil, C. A., Fisher, C. A., & Newbold, S. K. (2009). Developing online learning environments in nursing education (2nd ed.). New York: Springer publishing company.

Stone, J., & Hoffman, G. J. (2010). Medicare Hospital Readmissions: Issues, Policy Options and PPACA. Congressional Research Service, 1 - 37.

References cont.:

U. S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. (2011, July 22). Heart failure. Retrieved December 9, 2011, from Medline Plus: Trusted health information for you: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000158.htm

Unknown. (2010, July 5). Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains. Retrieved September 15, 2011, from Big Dog and Little Dog's performance juxtaposition: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html