NURSE-UN 1436 Midterm: PHARM - EXAM 2 - Study Guide
14 Nov 2018
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Cardiovascular agents - part iii 12 questions. Nursing assessment/intervention/evaluation in agents such as cardiac glycosides, inotropic agents, phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitors, and diuretics. Management and evaluation of nursing care in heart failure. Heart failure: heart muscle (myocardium) weakens and enlarges. Loses ability to pump blood through the heart and into the systemic circulation. High risk for hf without symptoms or structural disease. Some levels of cardiac changes (e. g. , decrease ejection fraction without symptoms of heart failure) Structural heart disease with symptoms of hf (e. g. , fatigue, sob, edema, decreased physical activity) Severe structural heart disease and marked symptoms of hf at rest. Excessive amounts of blood backup into lung tissue. Right sided heart failure: blood backed up into peripheral tissues. Increased hydrostatic pressure, pressing against the wall of the blood vessel, pushing it out to the outer area of the alveoli. (cid:862)cra(cid:272)kles(cid:863) is the sound of this fluid in the interstitial space around the alveoli being displaced.
