The nurse is conducting discharge teaching about signs and symptoms of heart failure to parents of an infant with a repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Which signs and symptoms should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Warm flushed extremities
b. Weight loss
c. Decreased urinary output
d. Sweating (inappropriate)
e. Fatigue
ANS: C, D, E
The signs and symptoms of heart failure include decreased urinary output, sweating, and fatigue. Other signs include pale, cool extremities, not warm and flushed, and weight gain, not weight loss.
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