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Skilled Charting Guidelines

  

Date__________________________ Resident________________________

 

 

This resident has been assigned to skilled charting related to: Cardiac Care

 

 

Hypertension

 

Congestive heart failure

 

Arrythmia

 

New pacemaker

 

Recent heart surgery

 

Hypotension

 

 

Address the following care topics in nurses notes:

 

Vital signs

 

Cardiac assessment

 

Lung sounds

 

Intake and output

 

Activity tolerance

 

Monitoring for jugular vein distention, fatigue, rales, dyspnea, dizziness, clammy skin, edema, chest pain, shortness of breath

 

Medications and side effects

 

Oxygen and respiratory treatments

 

Labs

 

Effect of illness on ADLs

    

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