Life with Heart
Failure
Presented By: ABSN Nursing Student
Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical I
November 7th, 2024
,Introduction: Goals
01 02 03
To better To learn Become aware of
understand how what congestive the different ways
your body works. heart failure is. to treat it
To better understand you condition
and how to live a full, happy, and
healthy life!
,How CHF Education Would
Best Benefit My Patient
Patient Background:
Clinical Date: October 31, 2024
Background: 66 yr old male patient BIBA for
generalized weakness and inability to
ambulate while at home. Has had chronic
cough, shortness of breath with dyspnea and
intermittent chest pain.
Multiple Comorbidities: CKD IV; Exacerbation
CHF; CAD w/ multiple MI and stent placements;
Type II DM; Morbid Obesity (BMI 43.2)
Admitted For: Acute diastolic CHF Exacerbation
& Acute Kidney Injury
, Complex Medication Regimen(PO):
(Burchum & Rosenthal,
2018)