A Nurse Cares for a Client with Congestive Heart Failure

question 9

Multiple Choice

A nurse cares for a client with congestive heart failure who has a regular cardiac rhythm of 128 beats/min.For which physiologic alterations should the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Decrease in cardiac output
• B) Increase in cardiac output
• C) Decrease in blood pressure
• D) Increase in blood pressure
• E) Decrease in urine output

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