hypertensive heart disease/1000
SN instructed patient and caregiver that Plavix is used to prevent heart
attacks and strokes in persons with heart
disease. Avoid alcohol as very serious interactions can occur. To take this medication regularly with or without food. Patient and caregiver verbalized understanding.
Instructed patient you can help reduce your chance of cardiomyopathy and other types of heart
disease by living a heart
-healthy lifestyle and making lifestyle choices such as controlling high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, Eating a healthy diet, Getting regular exercise, Getting enough sleep, Reducing your stress. Patient verbalized.
SN educated patient and caregiver on medication Empagliflozin (jardiance). It is used along with diet and exercise, and sometimes with other medications, to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Empagliflozin is also used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart
attack, or death in people who have type 2 diabetes along with heart
and blood vessel disease.Taking medication(s), making lifestyle changes (e.g., diet, exercise, quitting smoking), and regularly checking your blood sugar may help to manage your diabetes and improve your health.This medication may cause changes in your blood sugar. You should know the symptoms of low and high blood sugar and what to do if you have these symptoms. Empagliflozin may cause side effects like urinating a lot, including at night, increased thirst. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Taught that, in Congestive Heart
Failure (CHF), the decrease in the amount of blood pumped with each heart
contraction causes an increase in circulatory pressure.
Taught that myocardial infarction and heart
arrhythmias are factors that may increase the risk of developing/exacerbating Congestive Heart
Failure (CHF).
Taught that hypertension and congenital heart
defects are factors that may increase the risk of developing/exacerbating Congestive Heart
Failure (CHF).
Instructed on some signs/symptoms of Congestive Heart
Failure (CHF), such as: rapid heart
rate and edema (fluid retention), among others.
Taught that Congestive Heart
Failure (CHF) is a syndrome in which the heart
is unable to pump an adequate supply of blood to meet the oxygen and nutritional needs of the body.
Patient instructed in congestive heart
failure occurs when your heart
is not able to pump enough blood to meet the needs of the rest of your body. If you have CHF, blood and extra fluid may back up into your lungs, making it difficult for you to breathe, swelling in your ankles and legs (called edema) may occur, you may experience excess fatigue with exercise.
SN instructed patient about Coreg is a beta blocker used for heart
failure, hypertension or after a MI. Side effects include dizziness, shortness of breath, slow heart
rate, lightheadedness, weight gain, swelling of feet and legs. Avoid getting up too fast from a sitting or lying position, or you may feel dizzy. Get up slowly and steady yourself to prevent a fall.