NR 302 / NR302 Chapter 19 – Cardiovascular/Heart and Neck Vessels. QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.

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41. The nurse is assessing a patient’s pulses and notices a difference between the patient’s apical pulse and radial pulse. The apical pulse was 118 beats per minute, and the radial pulse was 105 ... beats per minute. What is the pulse deficit? Answer: The nurse should count a serial measurement (one after the other) of the apical pulse and then the radial pulse. Normally, every beat heard at the apex should perfuse to the periphery and be palpable. The two counts should be identical. If they are different, then the nurse should subtract the radial rate from the apical pulse and record the remainder as the pulse deficit. 42. The nurse is presenting a class on risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Which of these are considered modifiable risk factors for MI? Select all that apply. A. Ethnicity B. Abnormal lipids C. Smoking D. Gender E. Hypertension F. Diabetes G. Family [Show More]

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