NURSING – Congestive Heart Failure Discussion

Answer the following questions in regards to congestive heart failure.

• What is the condition/disease process?
• What signs and symptoms do you expect?
• Provide a history of present illness (HPI).
• What do you include in your focused assessment for this patient?
• What equipment do you need?
• Describe the expected findings.
• What developmental stage is your patient in?
• How do you adapt your assessment for this stage?
• What cultures does your patient belong to and how will you adapt your care for those?
• Is there a potential legal/ethical issue? Why is it a potential issue?
• Include 1 holistic teaching point and why it is important.

Cite at least 1 research article about the condition, united states reference, apa format.