Development of a practice tool for community-based nurses: The Heart Failure Palliative Approach to Care (HeFPAC)

BACKGROUND: Patients living with advanced heart failure (HF) require a palliative approach to reduce suffering. Nurses have described significant knowledge gaps about the disease-specific palliative care (PC) needs of these patients. An intervention is required to facilitate appropriate end-of-life care for HF patients. AIMS: The purpose of this study was to develop a user-friendly, evidence-informed HF-specific practice tool for …