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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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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Congestive heart failure‚ affecting about 5 million Americans‚ is the leading cause of death among Americans‚ accounting nearly 700‚000 deaths. It is twice as many as stroke and seven times as many as breast cancer [Herold‚ 2001]. Sudden cardiac failure‚ a form of congestive heart failure in which the heart fails without advanced warning‚ causes about half of the total deaths. For the remaining half‚ congestive heart failure doesn’t mean that the heart completely stops working; it means that the
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elderly (80% of patients hospitalized with CHF are > 65 years of age)‚ it may appear at any age as a consequence of underlying cardiovascular disease. 2. There currently is no single diagnostic test for CCHF‚ and the clinical diagnosis is normally based on patient history and physical examination. 3. CHF should not be considered an independent diagnosis because it is super imposed on an underlying cause. a) Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the cause of CHF in about two thirds of patients with left
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CHF Heart Failure: failure of the cardiac muscle to pump blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs CHF is a complication that can result from problems such as cardiomyopathy‚ valvular heart disease‚ endocarditis‚ Acute MI Left-sided failure pulmonary congestion dyspnea‚ Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Pulmonary edema‚ rales (crackles) cough blood-tinged‚ frothy sputum
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* Congestive heart failure: a chronic disease that affects many people While People has to be willing to make a change in their life in order to prevent congestive heart failure.‚ Congestive heart failure is a chronic disease that could be prevented with a proper lifestyle change. Introduction- People have to be willing to make a change in their life in order to prevent congestive heart failure.‚ Congestive heart failure is a chronic disease that can be prevented with a proper lifestyle change
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Congestive Heart Failure: A Cardiovascular Condition Congestive Heart Failure: A Cardiovascular Condition Congestive Heart Failure is not a disease‚ but a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood needed to meet the cardiac demands of the body and facilitate systemic circulation. Congestive Heart Failure can be right or left-sided‚ and is mainly a fluid issue‚ in which there is a decreased amount of blood to the kidneys. In children‚ CHF can be long term and is most common in
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Essay on Congestive Heart Failure According to a recent study‚ people over 40 have a 1 in 5 chance of developing Congestive Heart Failure in their lifetime. Nearly 5 million people in the United States—mostly older adults—already have Congestive Heart Failure‚ and the number of people with Congestive Heart Failure keeps rising. About 550‚000 people develop Congestive Heart Failure each year. This is because people are living longer and surviving heart attacks and other medical conditions that
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Congestive Heart Failure July 9‚ 2013 Congestive heart failure‚ also called CHF‚ is a serious disease when the heart muscles have been damaged or has to work hard due to other diseases. Common complications of a heart attack and other types of heart disease that damage the heart can result in CHF. Congestive heart disease can affect both right and left sides of the heart‚ but can affect one more than the other. In left-sided congestive heart failure‚ the left side is damaged and is unable
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Congestive Heart Failure: The Many Differences Kelly Strunk Wilmington University Comparison or Contrast Essay Congestive Heart Failure: The Many Differences Congestive heart failure is a very common disease. While many other forms of heart disease have become less common‚ heart failure has been increasing. Congestive heart failure has become the most common diagnosis in the hospital for patients over 65 years of age. Diastolic heart failure accounts for up to 40% of patients with congestive
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