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    Effectiveness of the nursing educational intervention to strengthen the self-care of patients with heart failure
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 1905-07-09) Salazar Calderón, Katherine; Amésquita Ortiz, Ana Cecilia; Gómez Gonzales, Walter Edgar
    Objectives: Determine the effectiveness of nursing educational intervention in the self-care of patients with heart failure. Materials and Methods: Systematic review of 8 articles which allow us to analyze the positive impact of the educational intervention provided by the nursing professional to patients with heart failure. In the final selection, 8 articles were chosen, we found that 37.5% (3) correspond to Colombia, 25% (02) to Brazil, 25% (02) to Spain, while with 12.5% ​​(01) we find Mexico . Results: In this systematic review of the total number of articles analyzed, 100% affirm that nursing educational interventions are effective for the self-care of patients with heart failure. The nursing educational intervention must be individualized and comprehensive when addressing the patient with Heart Failure, promoting self-care and containing aspects such as weight control, salt and fluid restriction, medications, exercise, diet and symptoms of worsening of the disease. Conclusions: All studies show that nursing intervention contributes beneficially to the self-care of patients with heart failure.