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What makes heart function successful? - Correct Answers
✅Blood flow is forward
Blood flow is efficient = adequate CO
Adequate amounts of O2 are delivered to tissues
What makes heart function a failure? - Correct Answers
✅Blood flow is not forward
Not enough force behind blood flow = decreased CO
Tissue hypoxia results
Compensatory mechanisms eventually fail because they
increase the workload of the failing heart
What are 3 things that cause the heart to fail even more?
How do we fix them? - Correct Answers ✅Decreased CO
Rescue with water/sodium retention and vasoconstriction
Increased BP, HR, and Afterload
To Fix:
Diuretics and Vasodilators
What would you find upon assessment for a patent with Left-
sided Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅Dyspnea,
orthopnea, crackles
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Frothy sputum
Altered mental status (Confusion/ Restlessness)
Fatigue / Cyanosis
Tachycardia
Signs of organ failure (oliguria)
What would you find upon assessment for a patent with
Right-sided Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅JVD.
Increased peripheral Venous Pressure
Enlarged liver and spleen
Edema: ankles, legs, sacrum
Weight gain. /. Anorexia
Abdominal distention, ascites
What is the activity level of someone who has Stage 4 HF? -
Correct Answers ✅Considered Severe
Signs of heart failure when at rest
Any activity increases these signs of
heart failure
Usually restricted to the Bed or Chair
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What are some Diagnostic Tests for HF? - Correct Answers
✅CXR - cardiomegaly, pleural effusion
12 lead ECG
Echocardiogram - ↓ LV ejection fraction (55-70%)
BNP > 100 pg/mL (< 100 pg/mL)
Normal rang for Ejection Fraction and BNP - Correct
Answers ✅Ejection Fraction 55 - 70%
BNP < 100 pg/ml
Define Cardiomegaly and Pleural Effusion - Correct Answers
✅Cardiomegaly - is an enlarged heart
Pleural Effusion is the back up of fluid in the lungs that
escape into the walls causing this
12 Lead ECG and an Echocardiogram- what does it tell you? -
Correct Answers ✅Rhythm , what is their electrical
conduction looks like;
Echocardiogram shows the mechanical function of the heart
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What is a complication of Heart Failure? - Correct Answers
✅Pulmonary Edema
What are some Risk Factors for Pulmonary Edema? - Correct
Answers ✅Acute MI
Left-sided heart failure
Valvular heart disease
Fluid volume overload
What will you be looking for upon assessment of someone
who has Pulmonary Edema? - Correct Answers ✅Anxiety
Persistent cough with pink, frothy sputum
Crackles
Tachypnea, dyspnea and orthopnea
Hypoxemia and cyanosis
Tachycardia
Confusion
Decreased urine output
What is the difference between HF and Pulmonary Edema? -
Correct Answers ✅Onset is sudden
They may start showing signs of Confusion
A Pink frothy sputum
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What makes heart function successful? - Correct Answers
✅Blood flow is forward
Blood flow is efficient = adequate CO
Adequate amounts of O2 are delivered to tissues
What makes heart function a failure? - Correct Answers
✅Blood flow is not forward
Not enough force behind blood flow = decreased CO
Tissue hypoxia results
Compensatory mechanisms eventually fail because they
increase the workload of the failing heart
What are 3 things that cause the heart to fail even more?
How do we fix them? - Correct Answers ✅Decreased CO
Rescue with water/sodium retention and vasoconstriction
Increased BP, HR, and Afterload
To Fix:
Diuretics and Vasodilators
What would you find upon assessment for a patent with Left-
sided Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅Dyspnea,
orthopnea, crackles
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Frothy sputum
Altered mental status (Confusion/ Restlessness)
Fatigue / Cyanosis
Tachycardia
Signs of organ failure (oliguria)
What would you find upon assessment for a patent with
Right-sided Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅JVD.
Increased peripheral Venous Pressure
Enlarged liver and spleen
Edema: ankles, legs, sacrum
Weight gain. /. Anorexia
Abdominal distention, ascites
What is the activity level of someone who has Stage 4 HF? -
Correct Answers ✅Considered Severe
Signs of heart failure when at rest
Any activity increases these signs of
heart failure
Usually restricted to the Bed or Chair
,HACC Nursing 241 Questions and
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What are some Diagnostic Tests for HF? - Correct Answers
✅CXR - cardiomegaly, pleural effusion
12 lead ECG
Echocardiogram - ↓ LV ejection fraction (55-70%)
BNP > 100 pg/mL (< 100 pg/mL)
Normal rang for Ejection Fraction and BNP - Correct
Answers ✅Ejection Fraction 55 - 70%
BNP < 100 pg/ml
Define Cardiomegaly and Pleural Effusion - Correct Answers
✅Cardiomegaly - is an enlarged heart
Pleural Effusion is the back up of fluid in the lungs that
escape into the walls causing this
12 Lead ECG and an Echocardiogram- what does it tell you? -
Correct Answers ✅Rhythm , what is their electrical
conduction looks like;
Echocardiogram shows the mechanical function of the heart
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What is a complication of Heart Failure? - Correct Answers
✅Pulmonary Edema
What are some Risk Factors for Pulmonary Edema? - Correct
Answers ✅Acute MI
Left-sided heart failure
Valvular heart disease
Fluid volume overload
What will you be looking for upon assessment of someone
who has Pulmonary Edema? - Correct Answers ✅Anxiety
Persistent cough with pink, frothy sputum
Crackles
Tachypnea, dyspnea and orthopnea
Hypoxemia and cyanosis
Tachycardia
Confusion
Decreased urine output
What is the difference between HF and Pulmonary Edema? -
Correct Answers ✅Onset is sudden
They may start showing signs of Confusion
A Pink frothy sputum
