HACC Nursing 241 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) What makes heart function successful? - Correct Answers ✅Blood flow is forward Blood flow is efficient = adequate CO Adequate amounts of O2 are delivered to tissues What makes heart function a failure? - Correct Answers ✅Blood flow is not forward Not enough force behind blood flow = decreased CO Tissue hypoxia results Compensatory mechanisms eventually fail because they increase the workload of the failing heart What are 3 things that cause the heart to fail even more?How do we fix them? - Correct Answers ✅Decreased CO Rescue with water/sodium retention and vasoconstriction Increased BP, HR, and Afterload
To Fix:
Diuretics and Vasodilators What would you find upon assessment for a patent with Left- sided Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅Dyspnea, orthopnea, crackles 1 / 4
HACC Nursing 241 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) Frothy sputum Altered mental status (Confusion/ Restlessness) Fatigue / Cyanosis Tachycardia Signs of organ failure (oliguria) What would you find upon assessment for a patent with Right-sided Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅JVD.Increased peripheral Venous Pressure Enlarged liver and spleen
Edema: ankles, legs, sacrum
Weight gain. /. Anorexia Abdominal distention, ascites What is the activity level of someone who has Stage 4 HF? - Correct Answers ✅Considered Severe Signs of heart failure when at rest Any activity increases these signs of heart failure Usually restricted to the Bed or Chair 2 / 4
HACC Nursing 241 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) What are some Diagnostic Tests for HF? - Correct Answers ✅CXR - cardiomegaly, pleural effusion 12 lead ECG Echocardiogram - ↓ LV ejection fraction (55-70%) BNP > 100 pg/mL (< 100 pg/mL) Normal rang for Ejection Fraction and BNP - Correct Answers ✅Ejection Fraction 55 - 70% BNP < 100 pg/ml Define Cardiomegaly and Pleural Effusion - Correct Answers ✅Cardiomegaly - is an enlarged heart Pleural Effusion is the back up of fluid in the lungs that escape into the walls causing this 12 Lead ECG and an Echocardiogram- what does it tell you? - Correct Answers ✅Rhythm , what is their electrical conduction looks like; Echocardiogram shows the mechanical function of the heart 3 / 4
HACC Nursing 241 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) What is a complication of Heart Failure? - Correct Answers ✅Pulmonary Edema What are some Risk Factors for Pulmonary Edema? - Correct Answers ✅Acute MI Left-sided heart failure Valvular heart disease Fluid volume overload What will you be looking for upon assessment of someone who has Pulmonary Edema? - Correct Answers ✅Anxiety Persistent cough with pink, frothy sputum Crackles Tachypnea, dyspnea and orthopnea Hypoxemia and cyanosis Tachycardia Confusion Decreased urine output What is the difference between HF and Pulmonary Edema? - Correct Answers ✅Onset is sudden They may start showing signs of Confusion A Pink frothy sputum
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