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Health Promotion and Advocacy

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Health Promotion and role of the CV Nurse

CCCN Health promotion activities strive to create optimal experiences of health and well being for people and may simultaneously assist in decreasing their risk of disease. The cardiovascular nurse assesses ways to enhance established health behaviors in the client's lifestyle and environment and fosters the establishment of additional or new patterns that would result in optimal cardiovascular health for the client. This proactive approach to nursing also includes the identification of risk and encourages the use of innovative strategies to minimize or eliminate their impact.

The cardiovascular nurse:

• Identifies patterns of living for clients that promote heart healthy living.
• Encourages clients to continue established patterns of living that promote their health and the health of others.
• Assists clients to develop personal skills that will promote their cardiovascular health.
• Maintains current knowledge and awareness of epidemiological trends and demographic data to identify communities/populations that may be at risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
• Possesses an awareness of public policy that may impact on the cardiovascular health of clients, groups, or communities.
• Interprets meaning of public policy pertaining to cardiovascular health to clients and relevant stakeholders.
• Influences the creation of healthy public policy.
• Supports community action that clients undertake to preserve their cardiovascular health and prevent development of disease.
• Suggest resources and programs to clients that enable them to attain and maintain healthy living.