The Heart Foundation Six Steps to Cardiac Recovery

Online Learning Module to support health care professionals to facilitate effective bedside education after heart attack and/or angina diagnosis

Gain effective techniques and tools to empower patients who have had a heart attack and/or angina diagnosis with the essential information they need to understand.

Understand the benefits of the Heart Foundation’s Six Steps to Cardiac Recovery resource and My Heart, My Life program, including how to use these resources to improve your everyday practice.

Apply health literacy principles in your patient discussions.

Purpose of this learning module

Designed to provide you with the most important information to give to your patients during their hospital stay after a heart attack and/or angina diagnosis.
Explains concepts in a way that is consistent with health literacy principles and provides examples for use in your patient education.
Equips you with a patient education toolkit including the Heart Foundation’s Six Steps to Cardiac Recovery Conversation Guide and the My Heart, My Life patient support program, to support you to make a genuine difference in your patients' lives.

Who should complete this learning module?

Healthcare professionals (primarily nurses) caring for patients following a heart attack and/or angina diagnosis.

Why should you complete this learning module

Patient education in hospital plays a crucial role in recovery from a heart attack and/or angina and preventing future heart events.
The Heart Foundation’s Heart Attack Patient Survey 2020 found that there is a strong interest from patients who have had a heart attack to receive information on medications, managing high blood pressure, returning to everyday activities and nutrition and exercise.
The learning module will assist you to meet the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards in your practice and will support you in your education discussions.