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VIDEO: Presidential address emphasizes ‘tremendous power’ of heart failure nurses

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In this video, Marilyn Prasun, RN, PhD, CCNS, CNL, FAHA, CHFN, of Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois and the University of Illinois at Chicago, provides an overview of the presidential address she delivered at the AAHFN Annual Meeting.

The address emphasized “the importance of nursing and the role it plays in improving the outcomes of our patients,” Prasun said. Nurses must have “knowledge, courage, heart and clarity of purpose” when treating patients and work in collaboration with other team members to achieve the best outcomes.

The most important aspect of the address discussed the “tremendous power” that heart failure nurses have as the providers who spent the greatest amount of time with patients, according to Prasun.