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lak

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During a physical assessment, the nurse notes that a patient's heart rate is 56 beats per minute. The nurse should document that the patient is experiencing:
 
  a. dyspnea.
  b. cyanosis.
  c. diaphoresis.
  d. bradycardia.

Question 2

The patient talks with his dead brother and arranges furniture so that his brother will have a place to sit. The nurse documents this behavior as:
 
  a. disordered thinking.
  b. anhedonia.
  c. hallucination.
  d. alogia.


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atrochim

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

D
Bradycardia is a circulatory condition in which the myocardium contracts steadily but at a rate of less than 60 contractions per minute.

Answer to Question 2

C
A hallucination is a sensory experience without a stimulus trigger.


lak

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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