A nurse understands that a patient with a history of congestive heart failure has a low cardiac output resulting from
1. An expected increase in stroke volume.
2. A long history of pain and fatigue.
3. The low blood volume that accompanies congestive heart failure.
4. Weakened and damaged heart muscle.
ANS: 4
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