The Patient Has Right-Sided Heart Failure

question 30

Multiple Choice

The patient has right-sided heart failure. Which finding will the nurse expect when performing an assessment?

• A) Peripheral edema
• B) Basilar crackles
• C) Chest pain
• D) Cyanosis

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Definitions:

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic phenomenon in which neither allele of a gene completely masks the other in a heterozygote, resulting in a phenotype that is a blend of the two alleles.

True-breeding

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Pink Flowers

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Intermediate Phenotype

A phenotype that exhibits a blend or mixture of characteristics between two extremes, often seen in incomplete dominance genetic scenarios.