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evelyn o bentley

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on: Jul 11, 2018
What does the nurse recognize as the initial step in conducting an assessment of a patient?
 
  a. A body systems review
  b. The nursing health history
  c. Biographical data
  d. The present illness

Question 2

A patient is suspected of having a cardiac arrhythmia. The nurse is concerned with the findings of an apical rate of 88 and a radial rate of 80. What is the term for the difference between these two rates?
 
  a. Pulse pressure
  b. Unequal pulses
  c. Pulse deficit
  d. Tachycardia


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braelync

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The nursing health history is the initial step in the assessment process.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The difference between radial and apical pulses is called a pulse deficit.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM

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Excellent

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