A Patient Is Admitted with Heart Failure

question 13

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted with heart failure. The nurse establishes a nursing diagnosis of Decreased Cardiac Output related to ventricular dysfunction. Which parameter would the nurse evaluate as indicating that cardiac output is sufficient?

• A) BP 100/48
• B) Daily weight same as the day before
• C) CI 1.8 L/min/m²
• D) PAOP 8 mmHg

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