A Nurse Is Assessing a Patient Who Has Heart Failure

question 7

Multiple Choice

A nurse is assessing a patient who has heart failure. The patient complains of shortness of breath, and the nurse auscultates crackles in both lungs. The nurse understands that these symptoms are the result of:

• A) decreased force of ventricular contraction.
• B) increased force of ventricular contraction.
• C) decreased ventricular filling.
• D) increased ventricular filling.

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Definitions:

Melting Temperature

The specific temperature at which a solid substance turns into a liquid at atmospheric pressure.

Subducted Plate

A tectonic plate that is being forced underneath another plate into the Earth's mantle at a convergent boundary.

Ophiolite

A portion of the Earth's oceanic crust along with the upper mantle beneath it that has been elevated and is now visible above the surface of the sea.

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