Research Analysis #1 Significance & Contribution The article by Britz & Dunn (2010)‚ Self-care and quality of life among patients with Heart failure‚ has significant implications for practice. Britz & Dunn (2010) clearly express the ominous situation between self-care deficit among heart failure patients and decreased quality of life. They report that heart failure: can be extremely costly -with repeated hospitalizations‚ claims the lives of many and patients have very poor quality of life. The problem
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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) By: Deborah Dominie Composition 2 ENC-1102 Instructor: Lindsay Ludvigsen Everest University May 10‚ 2013 My essay is directed to all the people out there that have wanted to know about congestive heart failure or is living with and taking care of a loved one with this disease. I myself have lost loved ones to this disease and now my mother suffers with it. So‚ I believe this essay has helped me and I truly hope it will help you as well. In this essay I will
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Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease which affects more than five million Americans (Yancy et al.‚ 2013). HF negatively impacts quality of life and it is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. Evidence-based practice guidelines aid health care professionals with treatment management and provide pathways to optimize individual patient care. The main goal of treatment is to slow the progression of the disease and control its symptoms. These pathways address all stages
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Congestive heart failure distresses the heart’s function as a pump to meet the body’s needs‚ affecting many organs of the body including the liver‚ lungs‚ kidneys and the intestines. Untreated‚ this condition will affect virtually every organ in the body. (MedicineNet‚ 2012) According to Healthline.com congestive heart failure (CHF) is defined as‚ “A condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.” (Healthline‚ 2012) Heart failure is a serious disorder that may
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Congestive Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the needs of the rest of the body (Department of Health & Human Services‚ 2012). The failure can occur in on either side of the heart. In left-side heart failure‚ fluid backs up into the lungs‚ causing shortness of breath‚ due to the fact that the blood entering the left side of the heart comes from the pulmonary artery‚ and when the left ventricle cannot pump fluid out of the
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Congestive Heart Failure Congestive heart failure is an older name for heart failure. Congestive heart failure takes place when the heart is unable to maintain an adequate circulation of blood in the bodily tissues or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the veins (Merriam-Webster). The heart is split into two distinct pumping structures‚ the right side of the heart and the left side of the heart. Appropriate cardiac performance involves each ventricle to extract even quantities of blood
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Congested Heart Failure Education Sommer L. Kitchin NSG 4028 Concepts of Teaching & Learning May 16‚ 2015 Targeted Audience • Patients who have been diagnosed with heart failure also referred to as congested heart failure (CHF) including those newly diagnosed. • Family members to those with CHF‚ with a more stronger focus on those new to the diagnosis. • For those who do not have family members participating in the management of their care‚ but does have a strong support person and/or caregiver
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Fatigue associated with congestive heart failure: use of Levine’s Conservation Model Karen Moore Schaefer RN DNSc‚ and Mary Jean Shober Potylycki RN BSN Reaction: Fatigue simply defined as imbalance between energy demands to supply available. It is usually perceived as a pervasive personal problem that accompanies most illnesses. Knowing this thought‚ it is very important to consider verbal and non-verbal cues that signify that the patient is experiencing fatigue. As a nurse‚ it is our role
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Given the current symptoms it seems that A.O is suffering from left heart failure. Dyspnea the medical term for difficulty breathing is often an indicator of left heart failure. The clinical manifestations including dyspnea are caused by pulmonary vascular congestion and poor systemic oxygen perfusion (Huether & McCance‚ 2012). Other clinical manifestations physicians find with individuals with left heart failure include‚ coughing up mucus‚ fatigue‚ and a decreased urine output. Physicians will
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Student name Instructor Course Date Congestive Heart Failure Q: The credibility and reliability of peer reviewed research communications are seen as the “gold standard” within the basic and applied sciences. Why do you think the role of the editor/reviewer is so critical in ensuring such quality? A: It is supposed that peer reviewing guarantees the quality of the paper. Although the process of peer reviewing takes a lot of time‚ it provides opportunities for careful revision of the original
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