A 77-Year-Old Client Is Being Treated for Cardiac Arrhythmia

question 1

Multiple Choice

A 77-year-old client is being treated for cardiac arrhythmia.The nurse determines that the client's cardiac output is adequate when assessment confirms which of the following? Select all that apply.

• A)Urine output of 140 cc over 4 hours
• B)Systolic blood pressure that remains within 20 mm of baseline
• C)Denial of substernal pain
• D)Recollection of the birthdays of all of her grandchildren
• E)Absence of rales and crackles

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Definitions:

Instincts

In Freud’s system, mental representations of internal stimuli, such as hunger, that drive a person to take certain actions.

Conscious

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

Psychic Energy

A concept in psychoanalysis that describes the energy derived from instinctual drives and instincts, influencing and driving human behavior.

Cathexis

An investment of psychic energy in an object or person.