Teaching Plan to Improve Patient and Family's Knowledge to Disease Control

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND NURSING
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Even though the therapeutic approaches to heart failure in the old persons ought to be largely similar to that in younger patients, treatment ought to be applied more watchfully. According to Jaarsma (2013), majority of patients with heart failure get a complicated therapeutic schedule that consists of diet, medication and fluid restriction, recommendations on rest and activity, and daily weighing. The individual patient normally has to incorporate these lifestyle modification in an already presented medial schedule linked with other co-morbid conditions.
Patients with heart failure can experience depression and cognitive dysfunction, which will influence educational tactics and acquiescence with the medical schedule. Jaarsma (2013) says that, dieticians need to assess the patient's dietary intake, plan tailored advice regarding particular patient needs, and help patience to enhance compliance with a prearranged nutrition recommendation. As for the physicians, they should implement an evidence-based treatment, and ensuing follow-up arrangement, where all deeds are aimed at increasing prognosis.
There are numerous options for treating heart failure. According to Jaarsma (2013), in the early phases of the condition, medications and lifestyle measures are normally all that is required to manage the symptoms. However, as the condition becomes more severe like in Mr. P's case, it is important to advance treatments like implanting deices to enhance heart function. Also, medicines like diuretics, ACE inhibitors to open up blood vessels, controlling blood pressure and water retention would be part of the treatment. Digitalis would aid proper heart pumping and some beta-blockers would be administered for purposes of slowing the heart rate and lessening its work.
By improving patient and family's knowledge enhances their adherence to dise...