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The nurse is reviewing the client's chart.The client's blood pressure has been consistently elevated over the last eight years.The client has been noncompliant with lifestyle changes and medication use designed to reduce the client's blood pressure.Today,the nurse is able to palpate a heave on the client's chest.Draw an arrow to the most likely location that the nurse is able to palpate the heave. The nurse is reviewing the client's chart.The client's blood pressure has been consistently elevated over the last eight years.The client has been noncompliant with lifestyle changes and medication use designed to reduce the client's blood pressure.Today,the nurse is able to palpate a heave on the client's chest.Draw an arrow to the most likely location that the nurse is able to palpate the heave.


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