Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 3

You are assigned to care for an older hospitalized patient with a newdiagnosis of heart failure.A CNL is assigned to provide consistent, quality care forthis patient from hospital admission to discharge. Identify the evidence that supportsthe effectiveness of CNLs in supervising care of patients with heart failure andpromoting positive outcomes.What is the strength of the evidence? How might thispatient's care be affected?