Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 253-261 , May 2009

Are we teaching what patients need to know? Building skills in heart failure self-care

  • Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • New York University College of Nursing, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, CRNP, College of Nursing, New York University, 246 Greene Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003
    • ,
  • Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.12.001

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 253-261 , May 2009

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