Heart Failure Teaching 1682

Heart Failure

SN instructed patient about Coreg is a beta blocker used for heart failure, hypertension or after a MI. Side effects include dizziness, shortness of breath, slow heart rate, lightheadedness, weight gain, swelling of feet and legs. Avoid getting up too fast from a sitting or lying position, or you may feel dizzy. Get up slowly and steady yourself to prevent a fall.

Last updated November 13, 2017

Related Teachings

Heart Failure Teaching 2610

SN instructed patient about treatment of heart failure may include: controlling risk factors: quitting smoking losing weight and increasing moderate e...

Heart Failure Teaching 2265

SN instructed about arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD) or coronary heart disease (CHD), refers to arteri...

Heart Failure Teaching 1799

instructed patient about importance of taking all her/his prescribed medications at the same time each day in order to get the most benefits is to pre...

Heart Failure Teaching 2146

SN explain that Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can not pump the amount of blood the body needs. Heart failure does not mean that the ...

Heart Failure Teaching 1453

The patient was instructed in heart failure to take and record the pulse. The patient was advised to avoid hot, humid, weather. The patient was taught...