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    BNP measures the amount of BNP hormone in the blood, which is made by the heart and indicates how well the heart is working. BNP levels help doctors determine if a patient has heart failure or another similar condition. A BNP result greater than 100 pg/mL is abnormal, with higher numbers indicating more severe heart failure. Nurses monitor patients for complications after BNP testing and educate patients about what the test indicates about heart function.

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    BNP measures the amount of BNP hormone in the blood, which is made by the heart and indicates how well the heart is working. BNP levels help doctors determine if a patient has heart failure or another similar condition. A BNP result greater than 100 pg/mL is abnormal, with higher numbers indicating more severe heart failure. Nurses monitor patients for complications after BNP testing and educate patients about what the test indicates about heart function.

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    BNP measures the amount of BNP hormone in the blood, which is made by the heart and indicates how well the heart is working. BNP levels help doctors determine if a patient has heart failure or another similar condition. A BNP result greater than 100 pg/mL is abnormal, with higher numbers indicating more severe heart failure. Nurses monitor patients for complications after BNP testing and educate patients about what the test indicates about heart function.

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    BNP measures the amount of BNP hormone in the blood, which is made by the heart and indicates how well the heart is working. BNP levels help doctors determine if a patient has heart failure or another similar condition. A BNP result greater than 100 pg/mL is abnormal, with higher numbers indicating more severe heart failure. Nurses monitor patients for complications after BNP testing and educate patients about what the test indicates about heart function.

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    ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE: Diagnostic Procedure

    Maria Marquez
    STUDENT NAME______________________________________
    Brain natriuretic peptide ( BNP)
    PROCEDURE NAME_____________________________________________________________________ REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER____________

    Description of Procedure
    measures the amount of the BNP hormone in your blood. BNP is made by your heart and shows how well your heart is
    working, as well as how much the ventricles are overstretchingas a result of heart failure. normally, only a low amount of BNP
    is found in your blood

    Indications CONSIDERATIONS

    BNP levels helpyour doctor figure out if you


    Nursing Interventions (pre, intra, post)
    have heart faulure or something else that
    has similar symptoms such as shortness of treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme
    breath. the test also shows if your heart inhibitors, angiotensin-II receptor blockers,
    failure has worsened. it will help your doctor spironolactone, and diuretics reduces BNP
    levels, suggesting that BNP testing may have a
    decide what treatments you need and if you
    role in monitoring patients with heart failure.
    need to be hospitalized
    let patient know they need to be NPO for 4 hrs
    before the test as well

    Interpretation of Findings
    Client Education
    - NP levels go up when the heart cannot pump
    explain to the patient that BNP is neurohormone
    the way it should. a result greater than 100 pg/
    secreted by the heart in response to expansion
    mL is abnormal. the higher the number, the more
    of ventricular volume and pressure overload. it
    likely heart failure is present and the more severe
    helps maintain the bodys salt and water balance
    it is. sometimes other conditions can cause in the face of the neuroendocrine stimulation that
    high BNP levels. occurs with heart failure.
    - generally, BNP levels below 100 picograms
    per milliliters are considered normal. levels
    above 400 pg/mL are considered high

    Potential Complications Nursing Interventions


    patient is recieving nesritide may have limit fluid appropriate, assess for peripheral
    transiety and significatly elevated BNP levels edema, JVD, adventitious lung sounds such
    at the time of administration and must be as crackles. monitor blood pressure, heart
    interpreted with caution rate and intake versus output. administer
    prescribed diuretics, restric sodium intake
    and order a low sodium diet.

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