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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Each time a cigarette is smoked the detrimental chemicals pass through the airways to the lungs. A person may start with just a cough‚ but as time goes on they can come to develop asthma‚ COPD‚ emphysema‚ and then even cancer. When the lungs become irritated from the smoke‚ the cells that produce mucus will grow in quantity and size. This causes thicker and greater amounts of mucus in the lungs and airways. When there is an overproduction of mucus‚ your system has a hard time clearing it out. The
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Lung Function The lung is the main target of the smoke inhaled by cigarettes because it has direct contact with the chemicals. Smoking is the most common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ or COPD‚ which affects the function of the lungs and how they deliver oxygen into the body. COPD includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema and involves a change in the structure of your lung tissue and airways. If you have asthma‚ smoking can increase the frequency and severity of attacks. Smoking diminishes
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Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). It seemed to me that a lot of the symptoms were the same‚ and therefore the diseases were also the same‚ however I was incorrect. If a person cannot exhale completely due to a narrow or blocked airway in
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The risk for chronic or progressive lung infections increase in COPD or emphysema patients due to the destruction of the lungs phagocytic cells‚ also known as the alveolar macrophages. The lack of an innate lung defense‚ as a result of smoking and environmental irritants‚ is demonstrated by the inability of the macrophages
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Chronic: The most common causes of shortness of breath that happens over weeks to months are: • Lung diseases‚ such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – Both of these conditions can make it hard to breathe. COPD is usually caused by smoking. • Heart diseases‚ such as heart failure or a change in the size and shape of the heart (called cardiomyopathy) • Being overweight Identification of the underlying cause of shortness of breath:
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IW reports constant neck pain as aching with exacerbations and radiation to bilateral shoulders/upper extremities. IW notes intermittent numbness and tingling to bilateral hands/fingers. IW reports major weakness in the upper extremities‚ not being able to grasp items and involuntarily drop items. IW reports being able to tolerate right wrist pain. IW reports exacerbation of pain due to change in weather. IW complains of headaches with dizziness and nausea
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Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators History and Development The prototype anticholinergic agent is atropine‚ which is found naturally in the plants Atropa belladonna and the Datura species. Scopalamine is also extracted from the belladonna plant‚ and both atropine and scopolamine are called belladonna alkaloids. |Agent |Date |Event | |Belladonna
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The values and perspectives on what it is to be human are the importance of man’s relationship with the natural world‚ the significance of maintaining humility in pursuit of success and the importance of human connection. These values and perspectives are fundamental notions of what it is to be human however the portrayals of these ideas are shifted over time due to a shift in context. Frankenstein was composed during the romantic era in the 19th century when the western world was experiencing
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Family | Campylobacteraceae | Genera | Helicobacter | Genus/Species | Helicobacter pylori | Description | Helicobacter pylori is a motile‚ curved‚ spiral‚ or straight‚ slightly plump‚ gram-negative rod. It is believed to be a major cause of gastritis and peptic ulcers although it resides solely on the gastric mucosa and does not enter cells. Microscopic description for the family Campylocbacteraceae | Shape: Spiral ShapedStaining Reaction (Gram): NegativeUnique Characteristic: Spiral
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