Congestive Heart Failure Program
About Our Congestive Heart Failure Program
The Congestive Heart Failure Program at Jersey Shore University Medical Center provides comprehensive services for heart failure patients in NJ. Our multidisciplinary team consists of state licensed, board certified nurse practitioners, who work closely with heart failure patients and their physicians to control symptoms and prevent future hospitalizations due to congestive heart failure.
What we do
We use a variety of methods to help congestive heart failure patients manage their recovery, including: telemonitoring calls, clinical visits, and, intravenous medication administration.
- Telemonitoring: These are telephone calls made to you by heart failure center staff. We call several times a week or as needed, to provide close symptom monitoring, dietary and medication compliance tracking, and ongoing education.
- Clinical Visits: The nurse practitioners encourage all patients to come to the Center. Our patients receive ongoing clinical evaluations, focusing on cardiovascular components, as well as psychosocial, economic, and spiritual concerns. The nurse practitioners order appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and consult members of Jersey Shore's multidisciplinary team for your care.
- Multidisciplinary Team Education: Our multidisciplinary team serves our diverse patient needs being composed of registered dieticians, clinical pharmacists, social workers, cardiac rehabilitation staff, advanced practice nurses in a variety of specialty areas, pastoral care, and doctors. We make sure that you know everything needed to be successful in controlling your heart failure symptoms.
- Infusion Services: Some patients, in addition to heart failure pills, require intermittent intravenous medication to control heart failure. Our infusion center provides these medicines to help maintain your heart health.
How to Enroll
Ask your physician for a referral if you are an appropriate candidate for our services. We work with your referring physician to keep a close eye on your symptoms while providing you with all of the information that you need to remain as healthy as possible.
Support group
The Congestive Heart Failure Program offers a Heart Failure Support Group. Please call the Heart Failure Center for more information on times and location.
Care Locations
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center, 1945 Route 33, Neptune, NJ 07753
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