Nursing Care Plans for Myocardial Infarction (MI)

Myocardial Infarction (MI) Nursing care plans for Myocardial infarction (MI). Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute Myocardial infarction is an acute coronary syndrome, results from reduced blood flow through one or more coronary arteries, which causes myocardial ischemia and necrosis. Myocardial infarction (MI) results when myocardial tissue becomes necrotic because of...

Continue

Nursing Assessment

Nursing health Assessment part of nursing process: Assessment, Nursing diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation. Nursing health Assessment is the process of collecting, validating, and clustering data. It is the first and most important step in the nursing process. The Nursing assessment phase sets the tone for the rest of the process, and the rest of the process flows from it. If your assessment is off the mark, then the rest of the process will be too. Nursing Assessment identifies your...

Continue

NURSING CARE PLANS FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)

Nursing Care Plans for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Heart failure (also called congestive heart failure or CHF). Most heart failure is the consequence of systolic dysfunction, the progressive deterioration of myocardial contractile function; this is most commonly due to ischemic heart disease or hypertension. Heart failure may be caused by valve failure (e.g., endocarditis)...

Continue

Nursing Assessment Video

Nursing Assessment is the process of collecting, validating, and clustering data. It is the first and most important step in the nursing process. The assessment phase sets the tone for the rest of the process, and the rest of the process flows from it. If your assessment is off the mark, then the rest of the process will be too. Assessment identifies your patient’s strengths and limitations and is performed not just once, but continuously throughout the nursing process. After performing your...

Continue

Nursing care Plans for Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder Nursing care Plans for Bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder these disorders are characterized by mood swings from profound depression to extreme euphoria (manic), with intervening periods of normalcy. Some patients suffer from acute attacks of mania only.  Bipolar I Disorder  Bipolar I disorder is the diagnosis given to an individual who is...

Continue

Nursing Care Plans for Acute Renal Failure

Nursing Care Plans for Acute Renal Failure; Acute renal failure is a syndrome of varying causation that results in a sudden decline in renal function. It is frequently associated with an increase in BUN and creatinine, oliguria (less than 500 ml urine/24 hours), hyperkalemia, and sodium retention (Williams & Wilkins, 2006).  Acute renal failure (ARF) is a sudden...

Continue