issues of heart disease. Truly‚ bringing awareness to the underlying causative factors of heart disease is very important in a society‚ as we are seeing heart disease manifesting in people of all ages and people of all ethnic backgrounds. Equally important is bringing awareness to ways of preventing or decreasing heart disease in the United States. A few years back‚ heart disease was thought to be more prevalent in the older population within the society. Unfortunately‚ today heart disease is
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to support and enhance the wellbeing of every individual in America through nursing research (National Institute of Nursing Research‚ 2011‚ para. 1). The most exciting bit of information that I found made this cardiac nurse’s heart flutter when the NINR included heart failure patients in their self management research trials. The self management theme is one of four that was built on the NINR’s Strategic Plan to meet the health care needs of Americans. The Strategic Plan is divided into five areas
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score as follow‚ CHA2DS2-VASc risk Score Congestive heart failure (any history) 1 Hypertension (prior history) 1 Age ≥75 years 2 Diabetes mellitus 1 Stroke/transient transient ischemic attack/thromboembolism history 2 Vascular disease (e.g.‚ myocardial infarction‚ peripheral vascular disease or aortic plaque) 1 Age 65-74 years 1 Sex (female gender) 1 CHA2DS2-VASc of the patient in the question stem would be 1 (for congestive heart failure) + 1 (for hypertension) + 2 (for age >75 years)‚ i.e
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many factors but one question remains: What are the leading causes of death? Heart disease is one of these causes averaging about 610‚000 death in America each year.() There are so many deaths from just one cause but does being diagnosed with heart disease only result in death? When one gets tested for any sort of heart disease‚ one thing to think about is your body’s new limitations‚ the transfer of genetics with heart disease‚ and the high costs for treatment. People stress that there is only one
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research appraisal‚ synthesis‚ and generation of evidence (7th ed.). St. Louis‚ Missouri: Elsevier Saunders. Imes‚ C. C.‚ Dougherty‚ C. M.‚ Pyper‚ G.‚ & Sullivan‚ M. D. (2011). Descriptive study of partners’ experiences of living with severe heart failure. Heart & Lung‚ 40(3)‚ 208-216 What is the purpose in the Houck et al. (2011) study and what is the purpose for the Imes et al. (2011) study? The purpose of the Houck‚ Kendal‚ Miller‚ Morrell and Wiebe (2011) study is to examine and analyze young adolescents
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PERICARDITIS The heart is a strong muscular organ that is responsible for sustaining life. During the course of the lifespan‚ many different types of illness or injury can interfere with the heart and its functioning. The heart is located within a sac‚ a double layered‚ flexible holding vessel that is named the pericardium. The pericardium is responsible for keeping the heart in the proper place. It is also the reason that the heart does not fill with more blood than it can hold. This
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN HEART The human heart is a cone shape‚ hollow‚ muscular organ located in the mediastinum between the lungs. It is a about the size of an adult fist. The heart rests on the diaphragm‚ tilting forward and to the left in the client’s chest. Each beat of the heart pumps about 60ml of blood‚ or 5L/min. During strenuous physical activity‚ the heart can double the amount of blood pumped to meet the increased oxygen needs of the peripheral tissues. ANTERIOR VIEW
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A Remote Patient Monitoring System for Congestive Heart Failure Myung-kyung Suh & Chien-An Chen & Jonathan Woodbridge & Michael Kai Tu & Jung In Kim & Ani Nahapetian &Lorraine S. Evangelista & Majid Sarrafzadeh Received: 17 January 2011 /Accepted: 3 May 2011 # Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2011 Abstract Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of death in the United States affecting approximately 670‚000 individuals. Due to the prevalence of CHF related issues‚ it is prudent
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Believe it or not‚ women and men of all ages can have heart attacks. I know a sister of a brothers friend who had a heart attack in her early 20’s and she was within a healthy body weight and seemed fit. She played softball growing up and didn’t really dabble too much into recreational drugs or anything like that. It all just happened out of the blue. So‚ I want to kick this story off by saying what we think of a traditional heart attack isn’t always the case. Usually we think old people‚ or at
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Nurses ’ Role in Health Assessment of Patient with COPD and CHF The nursing role in health assessment involves a systematic collection of data that provides information to facilitate a plan of care to deliver the best care for the patient. Assessment is the foundation of nursing practice. The nurse carries out health assessment to determine the patient ’s condition of health‚ risk factors‚ as well as the need for health education in order to develop an individualized care plan. The nurse
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