NUR 239 Exam 3 Correct Questions & Answers(graded A)

NUR 239 Exam 3 Correct Questions & Answers(gUpon admission assessment, the nurse hears a murmur located at the fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line. The client asks, "What does that mean?" The nurse will base her answer on which of the following physiologic principles? - ANSWER "You have a heart valve that is diseased." A client is diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm that the physician just wants to "watch" for now. When teaching the client about signs/symptoms to watch for, the nurse will base the teaching on which of the following physiological principles? - ANSWER As the aneurysm grows, more tension is placed on the vessel wall, which increases the risk for rupture. A client has entered hypovolemic shock after massive blood loss in a car accident. Many of the client's peripheral blood vessels have consequently collapsed. How does the Laplace law account for this pathophysiologic phenomenon? - ANSWER Blood pressure is no longer able to overcome vessel wall tension. Which of the following statements about vascular compliance is accurate? - ANSWER Veins can act as a reservoir for storing large quantities of blood. In the days following a tooth cleaning and root canal, a client has developed an infection of the thin, three-layered membrane that lines the heart and covers the valves. What is this client's most likely diagnosis? - ANSWER Endocarditis Following several weeks of increasing fatigue and a subsequent diagnostic workup, a client has been diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation. Failure of this heart valve would have which of the following consequences? - ANSWER Backflow from the left ventricle to the left atrium Heart muscle differs from skeletal muscle tissue by being able to generate: - ANSWER Action potentials raded A)