Author Question: During a physical assessment, the nurse notes that a patient's heart rate is 56 beats per minute. ... (Read 88 times)

lak · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

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.

atrochim · **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.