A Patient's Heart Rate Increased from 80 Bpm to 160

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient's heart rate increased from 80 bpm to 160 bpm.The nurse knows that what will follow is a(n)

• A) Increase in diastolic filling time.
• B) Decrease in cardiac output.
• C) Increase in stroke volume.
• D) Increase in contractility.

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Definitions:

Probability

The quantification of the chance that an event will happen, expressed as a number ranging from 0 to 1.

Random Variable

A Random Variable is a variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped distribution where most occurrences take place around the mean and probabilities for values taper off as they move away from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean, used to quantify the amount of variation.