What is the condition/disease process?

Chamberlain College of Nursing
September 5, 2018
Identify the nursing care issue or problem and justify why it is a nursing care issue
September 5, 2018

What is the condition/disease process?

Answer the following questions in regards to congestive heart failure.

What is the condition/disease process?
What signs and symptoms do you expect?
Provide a history of present illness (HPI).
What do you include in your focused assessment for this patient?
What equipment do you need?
Describe the expected findings.
What developmental stage is your patient in?
How do you adapt your assessment for this stage?
What cultures does your patient belong to and how will you adapt your care for those?
Is there a potential legal/ethical issue? Why is it a potential issue?
Include 1 holistic teaching point and why it is important.

Answer the following questions in regards to congestive heart failure.

What is the condition/disease process?
What signs and symptoms do you expect?
Provide a history of present illness (HPI).
What do you include in your focused assessment for this patient?
What equipment do you need?
Describe the expected findings.
What developmental stage is your patient in?
How do you adapt your assessment for this stage?
What cultures does your patient belong to and how will you adapt your care for those?
Is there a potential legal/ethical issue? Why is it a potential issue?
Include 1 holistic teaching point and why it is important.