Nursing Dx For Heart Patients

[Born2BAnurse]

Ok if a patient was getting a heart transplant Can I use

risk for infection for a patient that have received a heart transplant? Can I also use pain?

[kahumai, RN]

Any time a patient comes back from surgery, you can always use r/f infection and pain. I would also add r/f injury r/t decreased cardiac output, r/f impaired tissue perfusion, or deficient knowledge.

My teachers are always big on safety and deficient knowledge for everything!

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

The way our instructors are, they want the most IMPORTANT diagnosis so if i were assignd to this pt., the ones i'd use would be Risk for Infection, Risk for Ineffective Tissue Perfussion, Risk for Injury, and Pain.

[Born2BAnurse]

:) thanks everyone

[tsu_girl82]

I think the number one diagnosis would be decreased cardiac output-its always a biggie for heart patients-i just did a process paper over it