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The Nurse Is Assessing a Patient's Pulses and Notices a Difference

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The nurse is assessing a patient's pulses and notices a difference between the patient's apical pulse and radial pulse.The apical pulse was 118 beats per minute,and the radial pulse was 105 beats per minute.What is the pulse deficit?


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