A Nurse Caring for Clients with Heart Failure Must Be

question 88

Multiple Choice

A nurse caring for clients with heart failure must be aware of the compensatory mechanisms activated in heart failure.Which physiology is not associated with the neuroendocrine compensatory mechanism?

• A) Increased cardiac workload causes myocardial muscle to hypertrophy and ventricles to dilate.
• B) Decreased CO stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and catecholamine release.
• C) Decreased CO and decreased renal perfusion stimulate the renin-angiotensin system.
• D) Antidiuretic hormone is released from posterior pituitary.

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Definitions:

Experimental Hypothesis

A statement made by a researcher that predicts a relationship between two variables in an experiment, often specifying how one variable will affect another.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a baseline for comparison.

Experimental Treatment

The variable or condition administered to participants in an experiment to test its effects.

Infant Nutrition

The provision of food and dietary components essential for healthy growth and development of infants.