Tools and Handouts for Your Patients

The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association has developed these Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) handouts for nurses and other health care providers to use with patients. Join as a member today to take advantage of member pricing.

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Discussion Guide: AFib - Prepare for Your Next Visit

Developed to guide a patient’s discussion with their health care professional before their clinical visit, this Discussion Guide and Frequency Tracker will provide patients with a symptom checklist and tracker. Patients complete the checklist and reflect upon their AFib symptoms prior to their clinical visit, better shaping the discussions that are most pertinent to AFib.

The guide and symptom tracker may be used in advance of multiple clinical visits, as needed, to more clearly identify for both patient and provider the symptoms related to AFib and those that are not—thus leading to improved treatment compliance and improved patient outcomes and quality of life.

Reviewed September 2023

Discussion Guide

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Frequency Tracker

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Funded through an educational grant from Sanofi US.

AFib Smart Devices Infographic

Be Smart With Your Heart: Smart Devices and Atrial Fibrillation

Provide your patients with answers to common questions about Atrial Fibrillation and smart devices like smartphones and watches. This 2-page handout includes the basics of atrial fibrillation and includes links to further information. Smart device questions addressed in the document include:

  • How often should I check my heart with a smart device?
  • How do I know if my heart rate and rhythm are normal?
  • What do I do with the information?
  • When do I call a health care provider?

Reviewed December 2023

 

English

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AFib Patient Ed Sheet - English

Factsheet: AFib - What You Need to Know

Use this 2-page handout to give patients the basics of Atrial Fibrillation. Sections include:

  • What is AFib?
  • Risk Factors
  • How to Tell if You Have AFib?
  • What Can I Do if I have AFib?

Reviewed June 2023

English

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$0 members/$25 non-members
25 sheets per order

Spanish

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Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of any printed materials.

Funded through an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer.

AFib Booklet Cover

Booklet: The Beat Goes On - Living with Afib

Provide your patients with information about atrial fibrillation, why it is a problem, tests, types, and what patients can do to live a full life with AFib. This booklet will educate patients and empower them to take control of their AFib by:

  • Making healthy lifestyle choices
  • Checking their pulse daily
  • Taking medicine correctly
  • Reducing stress
  • Understanding AFib

Reviewed September 2023

English

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$0 members/$25 non-members
50 booklets per order

Spanish

Free to download (login required)

$0 members/$25 non-members
50 booklets per order

Chinese

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Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of any printed materials.

Disclaimer: This and other PCNA educational materials are for information purposes only and are not intended to replace medical advice or diagnose or treat health problems. Health-related decisions should be made in partnership with a healthcare provider. It is the reader's responsibility to seek out the most current, accurate information.