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Product Description This coherent presentation of clinical judgement, caring practices and collaborative practice provides ideas and images that readers can draw upon in their interactions with others and in their interpretation of what nurses do. It includes many clear, colorful examples and describes the five stages of skill acquisition, the nature of clinical judgement and experiential learning and the seven major domains of nursing practice. The narrative method captures content and contextual issues that are often missed by formal models of nursing knowledge. The book uncovers the knowledge embedded in clinical nursing practice and provides the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition applied to nursing, an interpretive approach to identifying and describing clinical knowledge, nursing functions, effective management, research and clinical practice, career development and education, plus practical applications. For nurses and healthcare professionals. From the Back Cover This coherent p

Congestive Heart Failure Prevention Congestive heart failure can be the ultimate result of a number of diseases, or lifestyle choices, that damage the heart. Some of these can be prevented. Others cannot be prevented but can be treated successfully. Some examples of illnesses or lifestyle choices that can lead to congestive heart failure are as follows: Coronary heart disease (coronary artery disease), including heart attack Uncontrolled high blood pressure (hypertension) Uncontrolled high choleterol Diabetes Congenital heart disease (a heart condition that one is born with) Infection (particularly some common viruses that can rarely severely affect the heart and cannot be reliably predicted or prevented) Damage to the heart valves (possibly from IV drug use) Alcoholism Smoking In some cases, a family history of heart failure can be present. Many cases are a combination of factors, and in other cases, the cause is unknown. If you have congestive heart failure, you are at increased risk