Tag: CHF Nursing Situation – What would you expect skin condition/lower extremities to be like

CHF Nursing Situation – What would you expect skin condition/lower extremities to be like Patient is a 82 year old male who presented to the ED at 5am for shortness of breath worsening over the past day, PMH includes CHF, HTN, hyperlipidemia, CAD s/p cardiac stents in 2014, DM, osteoarthrtis, BPH, depression, CKD st 3. Admitted for CHF exacerbation, pneumonia, acute on chronic renal disease You receive him on the floor at 11:30 am, he appears to be alert and oriented, but lethargic, states he hasn’t taken any home meds yet today, has not eaten yet either.  Lives at […]