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The Nurse Is Caring for an Infant Diagnosed with "Failure

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The nurse is caring for an infant diagnosed with "failure to thrive." The nurse observes the physician taking blood pressures in all four extremities and recognizes that the physician suspects which congenital cardiac defect?


Definitions:

Accommodation of the lens

The method in which the lens of the eye adjusts its shape to concentrate on objects at various distances onto the retina.

Dilation of the Pupils

The expansion of the pupils in response to low light conditions or certain emotional states.

Ganglion Cells

Type of neurons located in the retina that receive visual information from photoreceptors via intermediate bipolar cells and transmit it to the brain.

Bipolar Cells

Neurons located in the middle layer of the retina that play a crucial role in transmitting visual information from the photoreceptors to the ganglion cells.

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