Table 1.

Patient Education Materials

Patient Education Sheet	Educational content areas
Busting Self-Care Barriers	Helps patients to identify possible challenges to self- care in order to prevent them from becoming barriers; recommendations include being active, reducing salt, limiting fluid, taking an extra water pill, and calling a healthcare provider.
Breaking Down Your Barriers	Describes how to take steps to improve self-care, identify support people, and benefits of self-care behaviors.
Dealing with Heart Failure Symptoms	Helps patients record baseline information such as weight, walking distance, and amount of stairs able to climb before becoming short of breath.
Watch for Changes	Describes how to monitor symptom changes and it offers tips for limiting salt and fluids.
Stay Active to Help Your Heart	Focuses on how to incorporate activity into a daily routine, including how to choose an activity and warning signs of overexertion.
Adding Activity to Your Day	Includes tips for making activity part of your day, and for how to keep it fun by walking with friends or reading a book while on an exercise bike.
My Heart Failure Symptom Chart	Provides a chart for recording daily weight, change from baseline weight and symptoms.
My Symptom Action Plan	Recording action plans for different scenarios of worsening heart failure symptoms, including swelling, increased shortness of breath, and weight gain of two or more pounds in one day.