When Caring for a Patient Who Has an Arterial Catheter

question 22

Multiple Choice

When caring for a patient who has an arterial catheter in the left radial artery for arterial pressure-based cardiac output (APCO) monitoring,which information obtained by the nurse is most important to report to the health care provider?

• A) The patient has a positive Allen test.
• B) There is redness at the catheter insertion site.
• C) The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is 86 mm Hg.
• D) The dicrotic notch is visible in the arterial waveform.

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Definitions:

Prophase

The first stage of cell division in both mitosis and meiosis, characterized by the condensation of the chromatin and the formation of the mitotic spindle.

Meiosis

A form of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the chromosome number by half, producing four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell that gave rise to them.

Gametes

The reproductive cells (sperm and egg) that combine during sexual reproduction to form a new organism.

Polyploid Cells

Cells that contain more than two paired (homologous) sets of chromosomes, often seen in plants.