A Patient Is Admitted from the Emergency Department

question 18

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted from the emergency department.The emergency department physician notes the patient has a diagnosis of heart failure with a New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification of IV.This indicates the patient's condition as:

• A) moderate heart failure.
• B) severe heart failure.
• C) congestive heart failure.
• D) negligible heart failure.

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Definitions:

Nonreproductive

Pertaining to functions or behaviors not directly involved in the process of reproduction.

Sepal

One of the outermost parts of a flower, usually green and leaf-like, that protects the developing flower.

Leaflike

Having the appearance or characteristics of a leaf.