A Class of Beginning Nursing Students Is Learning About Heart

question 15

Multiple Choice

A class of beginning nursing students is learning about heart failure in their pathophysiology class. What should the students be taught is the reason for heart failure?

• A) The heart cannot pump sufficient blood to meet the body's metabolic needs.
• B) The heart is pumping too fast to adequately meet the body's metabolic needs.
• C) The heart is pumping too slow to disseminate nutrients to the body.
• D) The heart is fibrillating.

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