Assessment items |
1. Assessment on overdose intake |
□Recovery process |
Concrete Nursing Care |
2. In the case that the patient is dehydrated due to insufficient intake of water, heart rate will increase and heart failure may worsen. |
3) Management after discharge |
□ If weight loss is seen rather than the proper body weight, increase the water intake, let the patient see the patient at an earlier stage |
3. The patient’s water intake may be excessive and heart failure may get worse. |
1) Fulfillment of needs within the treatment range |
□ The nurse uses a sensor mat or a call mat which sounds when the patient steps on it. |
4. As patients increase their cardiac output due to malnutrition and progression of anemia, heart failure deteriorates. |
□ Increasing the intake of drinks in patients with anorexia increases the dietary intake |
5. Patient’s salt management may not be properly performed, and heart failure may worsen. |
1) Improvement of environment for compliance |
□ Nurses perform risk management using sensor mats to prevent the patient from stealing others’ meals. |
□・In the case that there are patients who are forbidden to eat for their treatment, they should be in the room same as other disabled patients’. |
2) Disease management at home |
□ For facilities and home care services where it is difficult to provide reduced salt diet, ask the patient to halve the amount of meal intake. |
6. Overactive patients suffer from excessive heart load. Furthermore, patients with low activity have a risk of heart failure that worsens due to fatigue and dyspnea at the time of exertion. |
6) Disease management at home |
□ The patient’s exercise amount is measured with a pedometer and the nurse confirms the implementation status at the time of patient’s visit to the hospital. |