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    Telemonitoring of patients with heart failure Mercy College Nurs 370-DLB Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework guiding this study is Donabedian’s (1988) classic model for assessing quality of care. This framework is useful in this study because it evaluate the effectiveness of intervention using mobile phone based telemonitoring for heart failure management. According to the Donabedian’s model‚ quality of care can be measured in three categories: structure‚ process

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    The Patient with Heart Failuure 74-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with heart failure. She had been growing progressively weaker and had ankle edema‚ dyspnea on exertion‚ and three-pillow orthopnea. On admission‚ she is severely dyspneic and can answer questions only with one-word phrases. She is diaphoretic‚ with a heart rate of 132 beats/min‚ and blood pressure 98/70 mm Hg. She is extremely anxious. 1. Because this patient cannot breathe or talk easily‚ prioritize the immediate nursing

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    An Analysis of Standford et al.’s Study 1|P a ge An Analysis of Sanford‚ Townsend-Rocchicciolli‚ Horigan‚ & Hall’s Study A Process of Decision Making by Caregivers of Family Members With Heart Failure A research critique submitted by Thelma Augustin‚ Melody Alexander‚ Ashley Breaux‚ Nissa Fisher‚ Kamaria Harris‚ Thao Huynh‚ Jeris Jensen‚ Leslie King‚ and Susan Livengood‚ Master of Science in Nursing Research College of Nursing 2012 An Analysis of Standford et al.’s Study 2|P a ge

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    "Stroke patients’ informal caregivers patientcaregiver‚ and service factors that affect caregiver strain." Stroke 30.8 (1999): 1517-1523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1517 2) Indicate the research questions of the article. - What is strain level of caregivers for stroke patients in the early phase after stroke? - What patient and caregiver factors are accountable for caregiver strain levels? 3) Which sampling methodology has been used in order to recruit participants. Stroke patients were

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    regard to how caregivers are (or are not) considered/included in the patient’s management? At my place of employment‚ caregivers of our patients are involved as we are Patient and Family Care Center. Since I work at the surgical intensive care unit/trauma center‚ during admission to our unit‚ caregivers are the only people that we can get the information needed regarding our patients. At the same time‚ they are counted as a part of the interdisciplinary team that takes care of the patient. Unfortunately

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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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    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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    right Before a heart Attack Your Body Will Give You These 4 Signs w3.newsmax.com Heart Failure  Definition Heart failure is a condition in which the heart has lost the ability to pump enough blood to the body’s tissues. With too little blood being delivered‚ the organs and other tissues do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients to function properly. Description According to the American Heart Association‚ about 4.9 million Americans are living with congestive heart failure. Of these‚ 2.5 million

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    Situation: Two patients in their 70s present to the office at different times today‚ each with documented heart failure: one diastolic and the other systolic‚ and both are hypertensive. First‚ discuss the difference between systolic and diastolic heart failure‚ providing appropriate pathophysiology. ACEI/ARBs are the only medications prescribed for CHF that have been found to prolong life and improve the quality of that life. EXPLAIN the mechanism of action of ACEI/ARBs and how they affect morbidity

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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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