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Bob-Dole

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What is the appropriate definition of cardiac output?
 
  1. The systolic pressure
  2. The diastolic pressure
  3. The volume of blood pumped per minute
  4. Equal to the mean arterial pressure

Question 2

The client asks the nurse what the first number given in a blood pressure stands for. What is the best response by the nurse?
 
  1. The first number is the diastolic pressure.
  2. The first number is the heart rate.
  3. The first number is the pulse pressure.
  4. The first number is the systolic pressure.



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: The systolic pressure is the pressure created in the arteries when the ventricles of the heart contract and eject blood.
Rationale 2: The diastolic pressure is the pressure in the arteries that falls when the ventricles relax and the heart temporarily stops ejecting blood.
Rationale 3: The volume of blood pumped per minute is the cardiac output.
Rationale 4:Mean arterial pressure is the average pressure during one cardiac cycle.

Global Rationale: The volume of blood pumped per minute is the cardiac output.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1:The diastolic pressure is the second number.
Rationale 2:The first number in a blood pressure is the systolic pressure.
Rationale 3:The first number in a blood pressure is the systolic pressure.
Rationale 4: The first number in a blood pressure is the systolic pressure.

Global Rationale: The first number in a blood pressure is the systolic pressure.





 

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