Nursing Care in Acute Renal Failure After the Diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure According to Gordon's Functional Health Patterns Model: A Case Report

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 127 - 136, 31.08.2025

Hilal Uysal

https://doi.org/10.54803/sauhsd.1653220

Abstract

Congestive heart failure; it is characterized by the inability of the heart to pump blood to the periphery that cannot meet its metabolic needs. Increases in the workload of the heart occur due to deterioration of myocardial performance, dysrhythmias and filling defect in the heart. Complaints seen in congestive heart failure; shortness of breath, weakness, edema in the feet and legs, and cough. In the case, a 66-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with the complaint of shortness of breath. As a result of the examinations, she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and admitted to the ward. In this process, the patient was evaluated according to the Functional Health Patterns Nursing Model and nursing care was given.

Keywords

Nursing , Nursing Care , Health

Ethical Statement

This case study is discussed according to Gordon's functional health patterns model. Verbal and written consent was obtained from the patient for the conduct of this case article within the framework of the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Thanks

The author would like to thank all the health professionals who supported in the clinic during the study and the patient who participated in the study.

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