The nurse is reviewing the layers of the heart with a patient ...

[JMatthes]

The nurse is reviewing the layers of the heart with a patient with endocarditis. From outermost to innermost, in which order should the nurse review these layers?
 
  1. epicardium
  2. myocardium
  3. endocardium
  4. pericardial cavity
  5. fibrous pericardium
  6. parietal layer of serous pericardium

Question 2

A patient has a stroke volume (SV) of 80 mL/beat and a heart rate (HR) of 75 beats/minute. What should the nurse calculate this patient's cardiac output to be? ________ mL
 
  Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.

[cegalasso]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 5, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3
From outermost to innermost layer, the layers of the heart are the fibrous pericardium, the parietal layer of serous pericardium, the pericardial cavity, the epicardium, the myocardium, and the endocardium.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 6,000

[JMatthes]

TYSM

[ktidd]

Excellent