The Nurse Assesses Full and Bounding Pulses in a Patient

question 28

Short Answer

The nurse assesses full and bounding pulses in a patient being assessed for cardiac risk factors. The nurse would document this finding as +_____ pulses.

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Definitions:

Independent Assortment

The principle by Mendel stating that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes.

Heterozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.

Allele

One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Blending Inheritance

An outdated theory of heredity proposing that the traits of offspring are a uniform blend of the parents' traits.