[Nursing process in heart failure].
The nursing process is a method that guides nursing actions, which are necessary to foster a fast recovery in patients. This process may be developed in a holistic way based on several nursing models, according to the needs of the patient coursing with some kind of cardiac failure. The objective of this investigation was to collect epidemiological and clinical data, as well as on diagnostic and therapeutic actions for cardiac failure. We also describe the physiopathology of the diseases to inform the nursing staff on the relevance of the nursing process within hospitals and how it will result in better care, decreasing time and costs of hospitalization and increasing benefits, which are the goals proposed.
Ortega Vargas
Carolina
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Servicio Terapia Intensiva Post-quirúrgica del INCICH, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080 México, D. F.
Cortés Gutiérrez
Patricia
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D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process