Assignment Task:
Mrs. Anita Sumaire 68 y/o presents with increasing SOB over the last 48 hours. She c/o dizziness when she stands with severe SOB with exertion.
- Current vitals: 188/100, 110 Sinus Tachycardia, 24, 90% Ra
- Background information:
- Widowed last year, speaks broken English, struggling to afford medications and monthly expenses on fixed retirement income, PMH includes chronic HTN, TIA, CAD with stents, chronic bronchitis, and severe pulmonary htn; she eats mostly frozen dinners, canned vegetables and soups, Ramen, or whatever her neighbors drop off
- She was just diagnosed with Right and Left Systolic Heart Failure
- Her only daughter lives out of town and is on a tight budget, but states that she is willing to help get her mom some of the basic/ most important supplies and necessities to help get her on the right track. As the primary RN providing education to the patient, you need to provide her with information regarding her new diagnosis in a way she can understand it.
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- What does it mean to have Right and Left Systolic Heart Failure? How would you explain it to her?