Aging and Congestive Heart Failure Rebecca E. Welch What Is Congestive Heart Failure? Congestive Heart Failure‚ also known as CHF‚ is a chronic condition that affects the chambers of your heart. You have four chambers: two atria in the upper half of the heart and two ventricles in the lower half. The ventricles send blood to your organs and tissue and the atria receives the blood as it circulates back from the rest of the body. CHF develops when your ventricles cannot pump in sufficient volume
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Congestive heart failure‚ also known as CHF or heart failure transpires when your heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should‚ various conditions like high blood pressure‚ escape your heart to weak or stiff to fill and pump correctly. Heart failure is caused by many ways one of which includes‚ coronary artery disease‚ a disease of the arteries to supply blood and oxygen to the heart‚ causes decreased blood flow to the heart muscle. CHF is also caused by a heart attack which‚ happens when
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Heart Failure Heart failure is an ailment where the heart is not able to pump the required amount of blood to the body. Left-sided heart failure is described as when the heart cannot pump enough oxygenated blood to the body while Right-sided heart failure is when the heart cannot fill with the appropriate amount of blood.1 One or both of these may occur with heart failure. In the United States‚ 5.8 million people have heart failure and this number is continuing to grow.1 With the number of people
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Assessment: Heart Failure: Mr. Jones with past medical history of MI‚ and be came to clinic today complaining of DOE that began 6 months ago. Currently he developed edema on his low extremities‚ and he gained 13 lbs recently. His LVEF is less than 20%. His SOB is worsening in last 4 days‚ which he has a difficulty to breathe after 30 feet of walking. According to the ACC/AHA guidelines‚ his hemodynamic subset is class II‚ which he has a warm and wet due to his sign and symptoms of edema‚ ascites
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Treating Heart Failure When a patient’s heart is no longer able to pump a sufficient amount of blood around the body‚ they are referred to as having heart failure. The heart muscle has been damaged or overworked and is therefore unable to pump as effectively as before. Coronary heart disease is the most common cause of heart failure‚ cardiomyopathy and hypertension are also implicated (Peterson et al‚ 2002). Heart failure can present acutely or chronically. Chronic heart failure tends to worsen
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Heart Failure is a disease state caused by a dysfunction or structural deviation in the cardiac system that inhibits the heart’s ventricles from filling and ejecting blood in its fullest capacity. When the heart’s ability to effectively pump blood decreases it lacks the ability to meet the need for blood in all other areas of the body. 1-3 Heart failure is considered a progressive condition that originates from a cardiovascular event that damages the function of the heart to contract and relax.1
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Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal Directions: Develop an educational series proposal for your community using one of the following four topics which will be chosen within your CLC group: 1) Bioterrorism/Disaster 2) Environmental Issues 3) Primary Prevention/Health Promotion 4) Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population Planning Before Teaching: Name and Credentials of Teacher: White Team RN to BSN students Estimated Time Teaching Will Last: 1 hour Location of
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only few people survive. Like having a Heart failure is one of the most dangerous diseases of both man and women. Heart failure means‚ the heart muscle isn’t pumping enough blood through the heart that the body needs and at the same time oxygen in order that the body can function under normal conditions. There are so many people in the world suffering of this kind of disease that mostly the cause of death. It is extremely devastating living with a heart failure‚ you always count days and wonder when
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DQ 3 Heart failure is a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body’s tissues. Heart failure that develops slowly over time is usually a result of other conditions. Conditions such as high blood pressure‚ coronary artery disease‚ serve lung disease‚ diabetes‚ obesity‚ thyroid disorders‚ life style reasons‚ gender and even ethnicity. These types of conditions tend weaken and damage the heart over time Heart Failure can also occur suddenly as the result of
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TEACHING AND LEARNING PLAN DESCRIPTION OF LEARNER: 19 year old G1‚ P!‚ 12 hours postpartum. Exhibiting anxiety related to fear of inability to breastfeed her newborn_ LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: Private room of the patient at Big Sandy Regional Hospital_ GOAL OF THE PLAN: The client will Demonstrate an understanding of proper breastfeeding technique‚ a basic understanding of the body processes used in breastfeeding‚ and demonstrate a reduced level of anxiety._ CONSTRAINTS TO THE INTERACTION:
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