Heart Failure (CHF) Nursing Care Plan
Congestive heart failure (CHF), otherwise known simply as heart failure (HF) is the medical term that describes the heart's inability to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow and meet the body's metabolic needs. This ineffective pumping leads to congestion of the venous circuit on both the pulmonary and systemic sides, leading to poor tissue perfusion and fluid overload.
Congestive heart failure results from changes in either the left or right side of the heart. This could be for example; the right side of the…