A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with right- and left-sided heart failure. The nurse's assessment reveals that the patient has 3+ pitting edema on the sacrum, blood pressure of 176/98 mm Hg, and bilateral crackles in the lungs
The patient is experiencing shortness of breath and chest discomfort. On the basis of this information, how would the nurse evaluate the patient's preload status? a. The patient is hypovolemic and has too little preload.
b. The patient is experiencing CHF and has too little preload.
c. The patient is experiencing heart failure and has too much preload.
d. The patient is hypertensive and the preload is not a factor.
C
Whereas a patient with hypovolemia has too little preload, a patient with heart failure has too much preload.
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