A Nurse Is Reading a Client's Medical Record and Notes

question 95

Multiple Choice

A nurse is reading a client's medical record and notes that the client's cardiac output (CO) is listed as 5 L/min. Which calculation was used to determine the CO?

• A) Heart rate (beats/min) / stroke volume (ml/beat).
• B) Systolic blood pressure × heart rate (beats/min).
• C) Systolic blood pressure - diastolic blood pressure.
• D) Stroke volume (ml/beat) × heart rate (beats/min).

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Definitions:

Communicable Disease

An infectious disease that can be transmitted from one individual to another, either directly or indirectly.

Incubation

The period between the exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.

Modes Of Transmission

The various ways in which infectious agents are spread from one individual to another or from an environment to an individual.

Incubation

The interval from when an infection is contracted to when initial symptoms manifest.