A Patient Has a Diagnosis of Heart Failure

question 30

Multiple Choice

A patient has a diagnosis of heart failure. When the nurse walks into his room he is leaning over his bedside table and is short of breath. The medical term to describe his respiratory status is

• A) orthopnea.
• B) dyspnea.
• C) dysrhythmia.
• D) disorientation.

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