CHF Care Plan
Patient: Sandra Simpson, 62- years old, Female, Presented to ER with acute respiratory distress. Chief Medical Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure 1) Many factors can cause or contribute to patient’s respiratory distress, i.e. CHF, MI, exacerbation of COPD etc. However, the term “impaired gas exchange” implies that there is a deficit in oxygenation and/or CO2 elimination at the alveolar -capillary membrane due to fluid build-up in the pulmonary circulation. (Nurse’s Pocket Guide, Diagnoses, Prioritized, Interventions, and Rationales; Doenges, Moorhous
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