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Community Heart Failure Nurse Team Claire McCormack, Bridget Emmerson Tracey Hardcastle, Laurie Mattock Andrea Clifford, Matthew Creed Our Role Typical community visit Scenario Take home messages Our Role Hospital

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Community Heart Failure Nurse Team

Claire McCormack, Bridget Emmerson Tracey Hardcastle, Laurie Mattock Andrea Clifford, Matthew Creed

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Our Role
Typical community visit Scenario
Take home messages

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Our Role

Education Palliation Psychological support Multi-disciplinary working Optimising medications Key professional link Clinical Assessment of the patient Hospital avoidance

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Take Home Messages

Early referral to Heart Failure Team as

inpatient not on discharge

Discharge advice continuation of fluid

allowance, daily weight monitoring and medicine adherence.

Pick up ‘cues’ of symptoms deteriorating and