Case NURS MISC (NURSMISC) NURS MISC - CS Heart Failure -JoAnn Smith (Complete).
NURS MISC - CS Heart Failure -JoAnn Smith (100% correct)/NURS MISC - CS Heart Failure -JoAnn Smith (100% correct). JoAnn Smith is a 72-year-old woman who has a history of myocardial infarction (MI) four years ago and systolic heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy with a current ejection fraction (EF) of only 15%. She presents to the emergency department (ED) for shortness of breath (SOB) the past three days. Her shortness of breath has progressed from SOB with activity to becoming SOB at rest. The last two nights she had to sleep in her recliner chair to rest comfortably upright. She is able to speak only in partial sentences and then has to take a breath when talking to the nurse. She has noted increased swelling in her lower legs and has gained six pounds in the last three days. She is being transferred from the ED to the cardiac step-down where you are the nurse assigned to care for her.
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cs heart failure joann smith
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joann smith is a 72 year old woman who has a history of myocardial infarction mi four ye
