The client asks the nurse to explain heart failure. Which statement should be included in the teaching by the nurse?
1. There are no known risk factors for developing heart failure.
2. Heart failure is the inability of the ventricles to pump enough blood to meet the body's metabolic demands.
3. Medications can cure heart failure.
4. Heart failure is very uncommon in people over age 70.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and mitral stenosis are all associated with an increased risk for heart failure.
Rationale 2: Heart failure is the inability of the ventricles to pump enough blood to meet the body's metabolic demands.
Rationale 3: There is no cure for heart failure.
Rationale 4: It is estimated that 10% of people over age 70 have heart failure.
Global Rationale: Heart failure is the inability of the ventricles to pump enough blood to meet the body's metabolic demands. Chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and mitral stenosis are all associated with an increased risk for heart failure. There is no cure for heart failure. It is estimated that 10% of people over age 70 have heart failure.
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