Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a major health care problem not only for patients but for their family and also for society, as it significantly contributes to the large costs associated with the care of CHF patients (Ghali,et al. 2016).

Aim:

to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing teaching program on awareness and adherence among patients with chronic heart failure.

Setting:

the study was carried out in the internal medicine departments and cardiac outpatient clinics at Assiut University Hospital.

Samples:

Total coverage sample of older adult patient include (100 patients), from both sex their age ranged from (55-75) year.

Tools:

three tools were used for data collection of this study; patient interviewing sheet, Atlanta heart failure knowledge test (Carolyn et al., 2009), and Adherence questionnaire.

Results:

the age range (60-75) year, mean age was (65.5+5.3), 51.0 % were male and more than two third of them (65.0%) from …