A nurse is considering employment in a heart failure management clinic
The nurse would expect to work primarily with patients having which underlying disease processes? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Hypertension
2. Renal failure
3. Coronary artery disease (CAD)
4. Dilated cardiomyopathy
5. Pneumonia
1,3,4
Rationale 1: Hypertension is a primary etiology of heart failure.
Rationale 2: Heart failure can be caused by a number of disease processes, including renal failure, but this is not a primary causative factor.
Rationale 3: CAD is a major etiology of heart failure.
Rationale 4: Dilated cardiomyopathy is a primary etiology of heart failure.
Rationale 5: Patients with pneumonia can develop heart failure, but this disease is not a primary causative factor.
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