Congestive Heart Failure Nursing

What are some common nursing interventions for patients with congestive heart failure?

• Performing open-heart surgery

• Prescribing high-sodium diet

• Monitoring vital signs, administering medications, providing oxygen therapy, promoting a low-sodium diet, educating on self-care, monitoring fluid intake and output

• Ignoring symptoms and waiting for improvement

Name two types of medications commonly used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.

• Calcium channel blockers

• Antibiotics

• Diuretics

• ACE inhibitors, Beta-blockers

How would you assess a patient with congestive heart failure?

• By asking the patient to self-diagnose

• By taking a detailed medical history, conducting a physical examination, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring symptoms.

• By flipping a coin

• By conducting a taste test

What are some potential complications of congestive heart failure?

• Digestive problems, respiratory infections, muscle weakness

• Fluid buildup in the lungs, kidney damage or failure, liver damage, heart rhythm problems, blood clots

• Vision problems, hearing loss, dental issues

• Hair loss, joint pain, skin rash

Describe the role of diet in managing congestive heart failure.

• Consuming only saturated fats

• Ignoring the balance of nutrients

• Increasing sodium intake

• Diet helps by reducing sodium intake, limiting saturated fats, and focusing on a balanced diet.

What is the purpose of administering diuretics to patients with congestive heart failure?

• To reduce oxygen delivery to the tissues

• To promote fluid retention and worsen congestion

• To reduce fluid volume overload and alleviate symptoms of congestion.

• To increase blood pressure and heart rate

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What are some key signs and symptoms to monitor in a patient with worsening congestive heart failure?

• Clear breathing

• Shortness of breath, fatigue, swelling in the legs, ankles, or abdomen, rapid or irregular heartbeat, persistent cough or wheezing, increased need to urinate at night, sudden weight gain, decreased exercise tolerance

• Increased appetite

• Decreased heart rate

• Normal weight maintenance

Explain the importance of patient education in the management of congestive heart failure.

• Patient education is unnecessary in congestive heart failure management

• Patient education leads to increased patient confusion

• Patient education has no impact on treatment adherence

• Patient education is important in congestive heart failure management to empower patients, improve adherence to treatment plans, and enhance overall outcomes.

How can nurses help prevent readmissions of patients with congestive heart failure?

• By providing conflicting dietary advice

• By skipping follow-up appointments

• By ensuring proper medication adherence, educating patients on dietary restrictions and fluid intake, monitoring symptoms closely, providing regular follow-up appointments, and coordinating care with other healthcare professionals.

• By encouraging patients to ignore symptoms

Discuss the significance of monitoring fluid intake and output in patients with congestive heart failure.

• Monitoring fluid intake and output in patients with congestive heart failure is essential for assessing treatment effectiveness, detecting fluid imbalance, and guiding necessary interventions.

• There is no need to monitor fluid intake and output in congestive heart failure

• Fluid intake and output monitoring is only necessary for other medical conditions

• Monitoring fluid intake and output is irrelevant in congestive heart failure patients

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