The Registered Nurse Is Reviewing Cardiac Output with Nursing Staff

question 10

Multiple Choice

The registered nurse is reviewing cardiac output with nursing staff. Which statement by an attending nurse indicates understanding?

• A)"Cardiac output is the amount of blood that the heart pumps out of the left ventricle."
• B)"Cardiac output is increased in heart failure."
• C)"Cardiac output is unvaried by body size."
• D)"Adrenergic stimulation slows heart rate, and cholinergic stimulation raises heart rate."

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Definitions:

Journal Entry

A record of financial transactions in the accounting books of a business, indicating the accounts affected and the amounts.

Credits

Refers to the accounting entries that increase liabilities or decrease assets, representing the opposite effect of debits in double-entry bookkeeping.

Liability Accounts

Accounts on a balance sheet that represent obligations or debts that a company owes to others, which must be settled over time through the transfer of economic benefits including money, goods, or services.

Stockholders' Equity Accounts

These accounts represent the owners' residual interest in the corporation's assets after deducting liabilities.