Care Plan for Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure

Alterations of Hematology and Cardiovascular Systems Mr. P is a despondent 76-year-old patient who is considering death because of his condition of cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. The patient's condition is worsened by the fact that he has already been hospitalized a number of times with congestive heart failure symptoms. While Mr. P has obtained different kinds of treatment, he is still struggling to consistently and sufficiently respond to instructions from physicians. As a result, Mr.

P needs an effective treatment plan and approach to care that will help improve his condition, which is rapidly deteriorating and affecting his wife who is overwhelmed with huge medical bills. In light of Mr. P's condition and circumstance, the most suitable approach to care will be an individualized care approach given that the patient has constantly struggled with following doctors' advice consistently and sufficiently.

The individualized care approach will be based on correct diagnosis of the patient's condition and development of a suitable and effective treatment plan through consideration of the medical condition and patient's circumstance. In this case, the health care team will examine the specific needs of Mr. P and develop a treatment plan that focuses on meeting these specifics health care needs for the patient. Based on the individualized care approach, the most suitable treatment plan for Mr. P's condition is a combination of nutritional therapy and medication or other treatments.

This plan is seemingly the most suitable for the condition since treatment of cardiomyopathy is essentially similar to the treatment of chronic or congestive heart failure (Goswami, Ooi & Suleman, 2014). Since he is suffering from cardiomyopathy, Mr. P's heart muscle is weakened, which implies that one of the major goals of the treatment process is to strengthen the heart. Nutritional therapy will help the patient make necessary health changes with regards to diet and lifestyle in order to improve his condition.

The clinical team will examine any risky behaviors that the patient is currently involved in with regards to diet and lifestyle and provide recommendations towards making necessary changes towards improved health and well-being. During this process, the patient will be required to work closely with a cardiologist and nurse for effectiveness of treatments and to ensure compliance with instructions and drug adherence. In essence, the nutritional therapy will be part of heart failure management program for the individual.

This management program will examine composite clinical stability during treatment because the level of instability affects clinical decisions about further medical therapy like medications (Grady et al., 2000, p.2445). Medication will also be utilized in this treatment plan because of the severity of Mr. P's weakened hear condition as reflected in the numerous unsuccessful hospitalizations with symptoms of congestive heart failure. Therefore, the patient will obtain any and all medications that are considered suitable for this situation including ACE inhibitors and beta blockers.

Medications will be the first tools used in the treatment of the individual given their role in helping improve stability, especially in measures that cannot be achieved through therapeutic measures only. One of the most important aspects of the success of nutritional therapy and medications in treatment of this patient's condition is provision of education to the patient and his family. In this case, teach-back method will be used to educate the patient and his family regarding the condition and necessary changes in diet and lifestyle to improve health outcomes.

Teach-back is an appropriate method in this situation.