A referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required.
Contact:
Tel: 902-527-2417
Monday to Friday
Program Details
Bridgewater and Area Family Health Clinic
This is an outpatient clinic directed by Cardiology and lead by a Nurse (RN/NP) with specialty training in Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). This clinic offers outpatient education for patients and family caregivers living with CHF. Referrals must be initiated by a physician or nurse practitioner. Two referral options are available for patients in this clinic: · Education and lifestyle counseling, exercise prescription and chronic disease management follow-up by our Heart Failure Nurse (RN) Specialist and Registered Dietitian. · It includes:
- Initiating appropriate heart failure medications
- Drug titrations to target evidence-based doses
- Early intervention for acute decompensation
- Clinical investigations as appropriate to identify and correct any reversible causes of heart failure
- Education, counseling and exercise prescription with ongoing chronic disease management follow-up
This service is only available to clients referred by a specialist.
Contact:
Tel: 902-567-8066
Fax: 902-567-8161
Program Details
Cape Breton Heart Function Clinic
The Cape Breton Heart Function Clinic offers education, optimization of heart failure medication, and therapies for people who have suffered heart failure. Patients will see a nurse and a specialist which may include a registered dietitian.
The visit includes education, drug therapies and more.
A referral from the family doctor or cardiologist is required.
Contact
Located on level 2, room 2280
Tel: 902-473-3802
Fax: 902-473-8598
Program Details
Halifax Infirmary Heart Function Clinic
The Heart Function Clinic is run by Nurse Practitioners in collaboration with Cardiologists. The purpose of the clinic is to treat patients with heart failure. The focus is on management and treatment by providing education and support to improve quality of life and reduce hospital admissions.
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Referrals are accepted from physicians and nurse practitioners for patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF).
Contact
Tel: 902-543-4604x2222 for more information
Fax: 902-543-8895
Program Details
Queens General Hospital Heart Function Clinic
The Queens General Hospital Heart Function Clinic is a specialized hospital-based clinic designed to reduce hospitalizations for patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). Patients with CHF will see a Nurse Practitioner who works collaboratively with a team of cardiologists and internal medicine specialists to optimize medical therapy and provide education on self-management to prevent hospitalizations and ER visits.
Referrals are accepted from physicians and nurse practitioners for patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF).
Contact
Tel: 902-543-4604x2222 for more information
Fax: 902-543-8895
Program Details
South Shore Heart Function Clinic
The South Shore Heart Function Clinic is a specialized hospital-based clinic designed to reduce hospitalizations for patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). Patients with CHF will see a Nurse Practitioner who works collaboratively with a team of cardiologists and internal medicine specialists to optimize medical therapy and provide education on self-management to prevent hospitalizations and ER visits.
Referrals to the clinic are accepted from cardiology and internal medicine only.
Contact
Tel: 902-679-2657x1360
email: fiona.peacock@nshealth.ca
Program Details
Valley Regional Hospital Heart Function Clinic
The Valley Regional Hospital Heart Function Clinic offers education, optimization of heart failure medication, and therapies for people who have suffered heart failure. Patients will see a nurse and a specialist which may include a registered dietitian.
The visit includes education, drug therapies and more.
This service is only available to clients referred by a specialist.