The Difference Between the Abbreviations RN and LPN Is That

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Multiple Choice

The difference between the abbreviations RN and LPN is that:

• A)one is a registered nutritionist, the other works in a long-term primary care nursing facility.
• B)one relates to remission of disease, the other to long-standing symptoms.
• C)they are both treated in oncology, one with radiation and the other without.
• D)they are both nurses, but one is registered and the other a licensed practical nurse.

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Definitions:

Systole

The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart contracts, pumping blood out of the ventricles and into the systemic circulation.

Diastole

A phase of the cardiac cycle during which the heart muscle relaxes and the chambers fill with blood.

Ventricular Diastole

The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles relax and fill with blood after contraction.

Ventricular Systole

the phase of the cardiac cycle during which the ventricles contract, pumping blood out of the heart and into the arteries.