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Nursing 6005 Chapter 43: Review Of Hemodynamics
NURSING 6005 CHAPTER 43: REVIEW OF HEMODYNAMICS 
Test Bank 
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
 
1.	A patient is taking a beta1-adrenergic drug to improve the stroke volume of the heart. The nurse caring for this patient knows that this drug acts by increasing: 
a.	cardiac afterload. 
b.	cardiac preload. 
c.	myocardial contractility. 
d.	venous return. 
ANS: C 
Beta1-adrenergic agents help increase the heart’s stroke volume by increasing myocardial contractility. Cardiac afterload is determined primarily b...