Heart Failure - Level 1
62-year-old male patient with chronic stable heart failure admitted to the skilled nursing facility from home yesterday for rehabilitation due to increasing weakness that has caused several recent falls. Students will perform an overall assessment including heart, lung and edema assessments; communicate with Hector therapeutically; and initiate a basic nursing plan of care.
1. Perform a physical assessment on a patient with chronic heart failure
2. Recognize and report deviation from norms
3. Develop a nursing plan of care for a patient newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility
4. Accurately document findings
5. Communicate therapeutically with a patient newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility
View Simulation2. Recognize and report deviation from norms
3. Develop a nursing plan of care for a patient newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility
4. Accurately document findings
5. Communicate therapeutically with a patient newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility