Nurses specialized in chronic heart failure

We should include “maintenance of bed-resting and prevention of interruption” in the specific nursing aids.

We must consider what to focus on not only for dementia but also for the level of cardiac functions.

We should include Metabolic equivalents (METs) as an indicator of heart failure nursing protocols for activity.

We should include in the nursing protocol appropriate activity level with METs for demented patients.

Activity assessment varies among nurses; We should include activities in the nursing protocol.

Nurses specialized in dementia care

Therapeutic meal is provided from the first day of hospitalization; If the patient does not eat, enteral feeding is performed. If the patient is under BiPAP (Bilevel positive airway pressure) therapy, the tube is removed during a meal.