Introduction
Disease Process Nursing Evidence based Practice Nursing Care Plan Conclusion Introduction Congestive Heart Failure is also known as heart failure. This happens when the heart becomes incapable of pumping blood efficiently to all organs in the body. Diagnosis is through physical examination. Patients often manifest with shortness of breath upon exertion and swelling in the both legs. Confirmation of the diagnosis is through echocardiographic evaluation. On many occasion congestive cardiac failure could be secondary to hypertension, type 11 diabetes or kidney disease (Goldman, 2011). Essentially, the significance of heart failure relates to ischemic ...