Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Identify symptoms of Heart Failure and treatment approaches for all types and stages of heart Failure.
2|Describe a treatment plan for patients with compensated or decompensated CHF, including pharmacologic management. 
3|Discuss lifestyle adjustments for patients to help relieve symptoms and reduce the chances of further complications.    

Faculty

Christine Kaleta, MSN, RN, CVRN-BC
Heart Failure Nurse Coordinator
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.