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Vital Signs Assessment Chapter 7 Questions
Question 1 of 5
A physician orders an electrocardiogram (ECG) for a patient diagnosed with congestive heart failure. The medical record indicates the patient is currently taking digitalis. What effect would you expect digitalis to have on the patient's ECG?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A physical therapist measures a patient's resting blood pressure as 138/88 mm Hg. How should the therapist classify this blood pressure reading?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is performing a respiratory assessment and notes decreased tactile fremitus over the left lower lung field. What does this finding most likely indicate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following is an example of a sign?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.