National Prescribing Curriculum
Chronic heart failure
Provide care for Roberta, a patient with heart failure.
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Cost: free
About
The National Prescribing Curriculum (NPC) is a series of interactive case-based modules that encourage confident and rational prescribing. The modules follow a stepwise approach as outlined in the WHO Guide to Good Prescribing.
In this module you will provide care for Roberta, a patient with heart failure.
Learning objectives
On completion of this module, you should be able to:
- identify therapeutic goals in the management of chronic heart failure
- prescribe the standard regimen of medicines used in the management of chronic heart failure in a patient with stable symptoms
- determine medicines that can precipitate an exacerbation of heart failure and that should be avoided
- identify appropriate monitoring parameters for chronic heart failure.