A Patient Has a Diagnosis of Heart Failure

question 39

Multiple Choice

A patient has a diagnosis of heart failure. When the nurse walks into his room, he is orthopneic. The patient is

• A) sitting or standing in order to breathe deeply and comfortably.
• B) complaining of sudden awakenings from sleep because of shortness of breath.
• C) complaining of pain in lower extremities.
• D) unable to respond to simple questions.

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Definitions:

Elastic Demand

Reflects how the quantity demanded of a good or service changes in response to a change in price; high elasticity indicates demand is highly sensitive to price changes.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good consumers are willing and able to buy.

Perfectly Elastic

A situation in economic theory where the quantity demanded or supplied responds infinitely to changes in price.

Perfectly Inelastic

A situation in which the demand for a good or service does not change in response to changes in price.