STEP-ONE training course in the area of HF
Heart failure guidebook for patients and their families

This guidebook is addressed to adults of any age suffering from heart failure, as well as to their families and caretakers. It contains answers to the following questions:
► How does a healthy heart work and how does a failing heart work?
► What is heart failure?
► How is heart failure diagnosed?
► What are the symptoms of heart failure?
► How should heart failure be observed and treated?
► What is the significance of comorbidities in treating heart failure?
► How to deal with heart failure in everyday life?
► How the members of your family and your caretakers can support you in your daily life with this condition?
► What support will you receive from the therapy team?
► How to deal with difficult situations?

Please remember that this guidebook is not meant to replace the recommendations you may get from a physician or nurse who care for heart failure patients, but it will be helpful in understanding the information they pass on to you.

STEP-ONE training course in the area of HF
Nurse care for heart failure patients: from theory to practice

The purpose of this guidebook is to prepare you for your role as a heart failure nurse by enhancing your clinical knowledge and helping you improve your leadership, communication, and patient education skills.

We recommend that you review this guidebook along with the special heart failure guide prepared for patients and their families, which is also available as part of your course materials. The overall goal is to help you work effectively with your patients to keep them in good biopsychosocial condition, without hospitalization, for as long as possible.

Authors:
Prof. Izabella Uchmanowicz, dr hab. n. o zdr., FESC, FHFA
Prof. dr hab. n. med. Ewa Anita Jankowska, FESC, FHFA
Dr n. o zdr. Magdalena Lisiak
Dr n. o zdr. Marta Wleklik
Prof. dr hab. Remigiusz Szczepanowski
Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Ponikowski, FESC, FHFA