The nurse has collected the following information on a patient: palpated blood pressure-180 mm Hg; auscultated blood pressure-170/100 mm Hg; apical pulse-60 beats per minute; radial pulse-70 beats per minute. What is the patient's pulse pressure?
a. 10
b. 70
c. 80
d. 100
ANS: B
Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure (170 - 100 = 70) and reflects the stroke volume.
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