which includes the heart, arteries and veins of the body. Cardiologist treats: Angina – discomfort felt when a blockage in a coronary artery prevents enough oxygen rich blood from reaching part of the heart. Aortic Stenosis – A condition in which one of the valves in the heart (the aortic valve) has become sticky and does not open normally Aerial Fibrillation – An abnormality of the heart rhythm in which chambers of the heart no longer contract in an organized manner. Heart rate often becomes
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Belinda Spivey Bio 169 Chapter 6 Heart 1. Papillary, atrial ventricular 2. Right bundle branch 3. PAT 4. EKG 5. .5 and 5 6. Small coronary veins, ventricle 7. Right atrial ventricular, systole 8. Pectinate 9. Serous, pericardial 10. 1st, Ludd 11. Normal sinus rhythm 12. AV node 13. P, depolarization, sinoatrial 14. Isoelectric point 15. Quiescent period 16. QRS complex 17. Einthoven 18. 12, 1, 3 19. 3 20. Cardiomegaly
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Scenario A Acute renal failure: Ms. Jones, a 68-year-old female, underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively, it was noted that she had very little urine output. 1. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys, and why is it causing the observed symptom? Ms. Jones is experiencing acute renal failure that is caused by a decreased blood flow to the kidneys. The significant signs of acute renal failure are characterized by
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Acute inpatient hospitalization was not medically necessary. You are a 55 year old woman with past medical history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, systolic congestive heart failure with ejection fraction (test of heart function) 22% in Dec 2014, Atrial fibrillation on Coumadin, severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (poor heart function), chronic kidney disease status post (had) right Nephrectomy (kidney removal) in 2005, cervical cancer treated status post (with) bladder reconstruction who
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exercise and bad habits like smoking tobacco. Whatever the cause may be health is extremely important and sometimes people don’t realize that until it’s too late. Some health issues that people in the United States face are anemia, Hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure, and Kidney Disease. Anemia is a lack of healthy blood cells in a person’s body. Your bone marrow is what makes red blood cells and red blood cells carry oxygen to all of your organs and tissues. The bad thing about not having healthy red
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readiness and patients understanding of how changes can affect his/her recovery. Meeting the goal of the client will depend on the client’s responsiveness to teaching. Since I work on cardiac /renal unit, we take care of patients with Congestive heart failures and Renal failures. Education on low salt diet is something that happens on daily basis. We provide education booklets and dietary leaflets to the patients in addition to educating them personally. We encourage our clients to use salt substitutes
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balloon pump will decrease left ventricle workload by decreasing afterload and increase coronary artery blood flow. 3. Mr.G. improves and is discharged from the hospital; however, he returns to the hospital ED within 10 days with a diagnosis of heart failure. He states that I can t catch my breath and my legs are as big as tree trunks and I have pain on my right side . On assessment you find that he is strictly following the fluid and salt restriction ordered since recent hospital admission but still
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Professional nurses who either obtains their Associates degree or Bachelors degree have significant effect towards patient care. Education plays a vital role for nurses and other health care professionals to encompass their knowledge, skills and care to the patients. The discussion will be focused on the differences between an Associate degree nurse (ADN) and a Baccalaureate degree nurse (BSN). It will also explain a case scenario of which will demonstrate the differences in methods used in decision-making
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Critical Thinking Exercise # 3 * What specific assessment findings indicate that an older patient being treated for congestive heart failure (CHF) is not responding to Digoxin, Furosemide (Lasix), or Vasodilator therapy? A patient should have increased urine output from diuretic therapy; hypertension/BP should decrease as a result of the diuretic and vasodilator. Heart rate will lower in a patient taking digoxin. The patient should begin to see an improvement/return to baseline in their activity
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Kidney Failure HCA/240 Instructor: October, 2011 Axia College of University of Phoenix Kidney Failure I was given two scenarios to look at and answer questions about. This paper will show what the scenarios are. It will also include what I feel are the correct answers are by the research that has been done. Scenario A: Acute renal failure A 68 year old female named Ms. Jones underwent open-heart surgery to replace blocked vessels in the heart. The first day of her
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