Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure: CHF Symptoms

Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure
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Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure
Relative to patient assessment and management of Mr. P’s cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure condition, there is need to develop the best approach that can help him with his situation even at home. The essence of cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, management lies in the ability of the nurses to use an approach that is based on serial assessment as well as responding to changes in the status of the patient. This also means that the approach has to be delivered on a multi-disciplinary platform. The team has to remain alert at all times to make sure that they arrest all the factors that can exacerbate the cardiac conditions. These are factors such the dietary provisions, polypharmacy, pitting edema and the moist crackles in the lungs that can easily worsen the situation (Yancy et al., 2013). The idea behind the multidisciplinary approach is that, there is need for different specialists to take care of the patient. There are quite a number of issues that need to be addressed at the professional level such as, dietary needs, pharmacology and cardiology among others. Multidisciplinary care enhances the outcomes of the patient by making sure that all the areas of the health are categorically handled. The team will also have to effectively communicate to make sure that they offer the best collaborative care Mr. P deserves. As such, the approach will have to integrate health and social issues that Mr. P is experiencing for the wholeness of the program (Yancy et al., 2013).
With a multidisciplinary team and quality communication on how best to offer Mr. P the best collaborative care, there is need for a treatment plan. The first step involves making sure that the factors that could aggravate the condition are constantly monitored and communicated in the team for any changes regardless of how minimal. This helps with decision making and better outcomes. Other than the cause and the contributing factors the team has to consider the original causes, which form the ma...