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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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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Contribution The article by Britz & Dunn (2010)‚ Self-care and quality of life among patients with Heart failure‚ has significant implications for practice. Britz & Dunn (2010) clearly express the ominous situation between self-care deficit among heart failure patients and decreased quality of life. They report that heart failure: can be extremely costly -with repeated hospitalizations‚ claims the lives of many and patients have very poor quality of life. The problem is big and only getting bigger with
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NURS 3530: Caring for Adult Clients I HEART FAILURE CASE STUDY Your client‚ Mr. Black‚ is a 72-year-old man who called his TeleNurse Line from home and‚ based on the symptoms he described‚ was advised to go directly to the Emergency Department at his local hospital. His admitting diagnosis is exacerbation of heart failure (HF). His Ht is: 5’9”‚ Wt. 235 lbs. He states that his usual weight is about 220. Upon admission‚ his symptoms are: extreme shortness of breath; unable to tolerate lying
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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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Risk Factors Congestive Heart Failure can be brought on by many conditions. These conditions include Coronary Artery Disease‚ Heart Attack‚ and lastly Cardiomyopathy. Coronary artery disease can develop in humans after years over time after years of fatty deposits in the vascular system (Arteriosclerosis). After a heart attack the heart muscles are weakened and cannot perform the way they could prior to the attack. Therefore‚ as the muscles lose their pumping ability the heart cannot work to its full
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Congested Heart Failure Education Sommer L. Kitchin NSG 4028 Concepts of Teaching & Learning May 16‚ 2015 Targeted Audience • Patients who have been diagnosed with heart failure also referred to as congested heart failure (CHF) including those newly diagnosed. • Family members to those with CHF‚ with a more stronger focus on those new to the diagnosis. • For those who do not have family members participating in the management of their care‚ but does have a strong support person and/or caregiver
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Congestive Heart Failure Patients 1 KA R A M A S T E R S SAMMY RAMIREZ Heart Failure 2 Three major types of heart failure Left-sided heart failure Right-sided heart failure High-output heart failure (Ignatavicius & Workman‚ 2013) (CDC‚ 2013) (CDC‚ 2013) Heart Failure 3 About 5.1 million Americans have heart failure (CDC‚ 2013) Roughly half of those diagnosed with heart failure die within 5 years of diagnosis (CDC‚ 2013) In 2009‚ 1 in 9 deaths included heart failure as contributing
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Running head: HEART FAILURE 1 Heart Failure Joeselyn Sequeira West Coast University HEART FAILURE 2 Heart Failure The heart is one of the body ’s most vital organ. The heart pumps blood throughout the body which carries nutrients other organs need. It also carries oxygenated blood to the lungs which allows us to breathe. Since the heart is so important‚ relying on it that it will do its job is necessary so we can live‚ but sometimes
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When the heart is no longer able to pump enough blood to meet the demands of the body‚ it is referred to as heart failure or cardiac insufficiency. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is an abnormal condition characterized by circulatory congestion as a result of the heart’s inability to act as effective pump. Circulatory congestion and compensatory mechanisms occur. CHF may develop after MI‚ in response to prolonged hypertension‚ diabetes mellitus or in relation to valvular heart disease or inflammatory
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