A Patient with Heart Failure Has a Decreasing Cardiac Output

question 24

Multiple Choice

A patient with heart failure has a decreasing cardiac output. Why should the nurse expect compensatory mechanisms to be activated?

• A) To decrease the heart rate
• B) To maintain perfusion to vital organs
• C) To cause arteriolar vasodilation in nonessential vascular beds
• D) To inhibit the release of aldosterone

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Definitions:

Net Markdowns

The total reduction in selling price of inventory, subtracting markdown reversals, to adjust for decrease in market value or to stimulate sales.

Employee Discounts

Reduced prices offered to employees by their employer as a part of their employment benefits or incentives.

Periodic Inventory System

An inventory accounting system where updates to inventory records are made on a periodic basis, not continuously.

Physical Inventory

A process of counting and verifying the actual inventory on hand at a business location, typically performed at the end of an accounting period.