241 - Acute and Chronic Heart Failure: Key Points from 2013 Guidelines

This session reviews the 2013 Clinical Guidelines for heart failure with application to the geriatric population in both acute and chronic settings.

Contact hours available until 10/3/2017.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.

Faculty and Planners Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Facult and planners have no disclosures to declare.

Speaker: Margaret Bowers discloses that she is a member of the speakers’ bureau for Amgen (training only).

There are no other disclosures to declare.

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Accreditation Statement:
This educational activity has been co-provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. and GAPNA.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number, CEP 5387.

Objectives:
1. Identify signs and symptoms of acute and chronic heart failure in the geriatric population.
2. Describe heart failure treatment considerations in the geriatric population.
3. Apply heart failure guidelines to a case study.