Congestive Heart Failure Management Program

NBN Respiratory provides a CHF Management Program to improve the self-management abilities of adults to control their Congestive Heart Failure.

Each person with a chronic condition such as CHF is ultimately responsible to promote their optimal health status and for managing their own care. Medication compliance, diet, exercise, weight monitoring and self-measurement of blood pressure are all under the direct control of the person who has CHF. Self-management skills for CHF are taught by the NBN Respiratory clinical staff. NBN also provides the required tools to control CHF such as equipment to monitor blood pressure and weight, family education, nutritional counseling, routine follow-up and on-going assessment. With your physician NBN Respiratory staff work with each person to develop an CHF management plan that is tailored to each person’s special needs. This plan promotes the desired outcomes for CHF self-management that include:

1. Increased intervals between hospital admissions.
2. Provision of an appropriate assessment of the functional level and exercise needs for the person with CHF.
3. Improved compliance with the CHF management plan.
4. Increased skills for self-management of CHF.
5. Improved quality of life for living with CHF.