A Client Is Admitted to the ICU with a Diagnosis

question 13

Multiple Choice

A client is admitted to the ICU with a diagnosis of heart failure. The client is exhibiting symptoms of weakness, ascites, weight gain, and jugular vein distention. The nurse would know that the client is exhibiting signs of what kind of heart failure?

• A) Left-sided heart failure
• B) Chronic heart failure
• C) Acute heart failure
• D) Right-sided heart failure

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Definitions:

Inherited Vulnerability

A predisposition to certain psychological or physical conditions passed down from parents to their offspring through genes.

Evolution of Behaviour

The study of how and why animal and human behaviors change over generations through the principles of natural selection and genetics.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution caused by random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population over time.

Natural Selection

The evolutionary process where organisms with traits that enhance survival and reproduction are more likely to pass on their genes to the next generation.