Publication Date
Summer 8-30-2017
Document Type
Scholarly Project
Disciplines
Family Practice Nursing | Nursing
Abstract
Heart failure is a high mortality, chronic disease that is economically and physiologically costly for patients, caregivers, and society. Heart failure teaching alone is insufficient in meeting the complex self-care needs of the heart failure patient. This project implemented evidence-based teaching methods that are skill-based and problem-solving based to educate heart failure patients in an outpatient setting. The theoretical foundation of this project was Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy and Orem’s theory of self-care. The level of self-care and self-efficacy was assessed before and after the multi-sensory teaching intervention. Self-care and self-efficacy have been studied and shown to be major components of improved clinical outcomes in heart failure patients. This project assessed the impact of the chosen evidence-based teaching methods on patient self-care and self-efficacy behaviors.
Recommended Citation
Parke, Helen, "Educational Intervention to Improve Self-Efficacy and Self-Care in Patients with Heart Failure" (2017). Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects. 8.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/nurse_grad_proj_schol/8
