Chronic Health Case Study on Heart Failure

Chronic health case
study on heart failure

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Identification of all data that is relevant to complete a comprehensive nursing assessment for
Clare’s chronic.............................................................................................................................1
Identify all contributing factors for Clare’s chronic conditions and current health exacerbation
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Identify all nursing assessments, interventions and strategies for Clare to effectively manage
her chronic condition using a self-management approach..........................................................3
Literature on the nurse’s role in chronic disease self-management.............................................4
Primary & secondary health promotion & education strategies appropriate to Clare.................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
A chronic condition is a human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise
long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. In this the disease can severely affect
the quality of life of patient. Present report will lay emphasis on case study of Clare. Clare has a
history of osteoarthritis, non-insulin dependent diabetes and hypertension. Report will lay
emphasis on Identification of all data that is relevant to complete a comprehensive nursing
assessment for Clare’s chronic. It will also lay focus on all contributing factors for Clare’s
chronic conditions and current health exacerbation. Assignment will also lay emphasis on all
nursing assessments, interventions and strategies for Clare to effectively manage her chronic
condition using a self-management approach.
MAIN BODY
Identification of all data that is relevant to complete a comprehensive nursing assessment for
Clare’s chronic
It has been analysed from the medical history of Clare that she was suffering from
osteoarthritis, non-insulin dependent diabetes and hypertension. She was also going through
systolic function and uncontrolled atrial fibrillation. All these problems has affected the quality
of life of Clare. It has also been analysed that patient was provided with certain medications for
all disease which has been faced by patient. She was given the medicine such as Metformin,
paracetamol (Manson et.al., (2019). Medical chart of the patient provided with the details that
Clare temperature was 36.8. This can be considered as normal which means that patient was not
having high chills or fever. The pulse rate of patient was been noted at 91 per minute and too
irregular. Pulse rate below 90 can be considered as normal but above 90 can be taken as high.
This means that patient is been suffering from stress or many be anxious because of the problem
faced by them. Blood pressure of Clare was being measured at 112/65 mmHg. This is quiet low
it means that patient might suffer from the problem of hypotension. It has also been analysed that
Clare has family history of cardiac disease.
Her husband has died about 5 years ago because of some cardio vascular problem. The pre-
medical history of patient has confirmed that there was no previous cardiac history of patient.
Psychological history of patient has provided us with the details that Clare lives happily with her
two children (Rawshani et.al., (2017).. She has many friends and she meets them for lunch twice.
Patient lives in government housing and love to play with her cats. Cardiac assessment of patient
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