female patient who is suffering from congestive cardiac failure. She has past medical history of hypertension‚ chronic renal failure‚ type 2 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia. She has been admitted in hospital several times recently and she was discharged 11 days ago from emergency department. Now she is suffering from dyspnoea and she feels like she can not catch her breath due to congestion of lungs. Congestion of lungs occurred due to congestive heart failure. Her lower limbs feel like tree trunk
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Diagnosis: Heart Failure Defined: “An abnormal clinical condition involving impaired cardiac pumping that results in pathophysiologic changes in vasoconstriction and fluid retention” (Lewis‚ Heitkemper‚ Dirksen‚ O’Brien‚ Bucher‚ 2007‚ p. 821). Risk factors: Increasing age and coronary artery disease are the two main risk factors for heart failure. Heart failure may also develop by other contributing risk factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and hypertension
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The term “heart failure” sounds as if the heart has already failed. This can increase a person’s anxiety especially in the aging population that is a targeted community for this disease assuming that the failure is equivalent to death. Heart failure is actually the decline in the hearts ability to sufficiently pump oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. Many people can live with heart failure and are able to manage it through lifestyle changes‚ prescribed medication compliance‚ and regular physician
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Heart Failure and Incident Late –Life Depression According to Hendrika J. Luijendijka et al. They have written an article discussing about heart failure and depression in elderly people. In the article “Heart Failure and incident late-life Depression.” The aim of this research is to determine if heart failure (HF) increases the risk of developing depression.” They have gathered five thousand and ninety-five participants with majority of elderly individuals. To specify‚ researchers collected patients’
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Educational Mission Statement Christopher Chow Nurs/588 January 19‚ 2015 Mary Martin Educational Mission Statement Mission statements are used to symbolize the goals that an organization is trying to reach or obtain. The mission statement will help guide the way on how the organization should practice and also provide a complete structure of their practice. The Entrepreneur website defines a mission statement as “A sentence describing a company’s function‚ markets and competitive advantages; a
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Managing Heart Failure Carla Vossen‚ SPN Kristin Madigan RN‚ BSN NURS 1300: Research Project South Central College November 23‚ 2009 Heart failure is a chronic and progressive syndrome‚ resulting from the inability of the heart muscle to pump with enough force to meet the metabolic demands of the body. (Buckler‚13) According to the Center for Disease Control; (CDC) there are approximately five million people in the United States that have heart failure. Approximately 550 thousand people
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Planning Education; Lighting the Path to Health University of Phoenix NUR/405 Beth Meadows‚ RN‚ MSN‚ NCSN October 16.2011 Planning Education; Lighting the Path to Health A nursing care plan is the basis for providing the best possible care for patients. It outlines a specific set of actions that a nurse follows to help the patient resolve a nursing problem‚ which was identified during an assessment. The plan of care’s elements focus on a set of actions‚ with outcomes that are measureable
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Semi-detailed lesson plan (science) I.Identify the parts of the circulatory system and describe them. “Appreciate the importance of the circulatory system.” II. A.Topic I. People Sub.-topic: Circulatory System PELC 1.1‚ page 5 References: Into the Future VI‚ pp.2-3 Exploring Science and Health VI‚ pp.18-20 B. Science Ideas The circulatory system is made up of heart‚ blood and blood vessels. C. Processes: Identifying‚ Describing D. Materials: picture of the circulatory system‚ flashcards
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Lesson Plan for Lesson III Subject Science Class Third class Date 25th of May 2013 Time Ten o’clock to seven minutes past ten Strand Living things Strand unit Human life Lesson Experiments on the heart. Materials/resources Colouring pencils‚ coloured paper‚ scissors‚ kitchen paper cardboard‚ sellotape‚ jar‚ balloon‚ skewer‚ two flexible straws‚ water‚ basin to collect water spills. Objectives The child should be enabled * to locate the position of the heart in the body and
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Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body due to a weakened or damaged heart. The heart’s pumping action moves oxygen-rich blood as it travels from the lungs to the left atrium‚ then on to the left ventricle‚ which pumps it to the rest of the body. The left ventricle supplies most of the heart’s pumping power‚ so it’s larger than the other chambers and essential for normal function. (American Heart Association). In left-sided
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