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Nursing Diagnosis for Congestive Heart Failure - CHF related to

Nursing Diagnosis for CHF - Congestive Heart Failure

1 Decreased Cardiac Output
related to
  • changes in left ventricular contractility,
  • rhythm frequency changes,
  • electrical conduction
2. Ineffective Tissue Perfusion
related to
  • decrease in cardiac output
  • tissue hypoxemia,
  • acidosis and,
  • the possibility of thrombus or emboli.
3. Ineffective Airway Clearance
related to
  • decrease in lung volume,
  • hepatomegaly,
  • splenomegaly
4. Activity Intolerance
related to
  • imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand of the body, the ischemic / necrotic myocardial tissue
5. Excess Fluid Volume
related to
  • Systemic fluid overload,
  • interstitial fluid permeation in the systemic secondary to decreased cardiac output, right heart failure
6. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements
related to
  • anorexia,
  • dyspnoea,
  • nausea, vomiting,
  • side effects of drugs,
  • sputum production
7. Sleep pattern disturbance
related to
  • paroxysmal nocturnal disease,
  • hospitalization,
  • crowded
8. Anxiety
related to
  • fear of death,
  • decline in health status,
  • crisis situations,
  • changes in consciousness.