A nurse who is auscultating a client's heart hears a harsh sound, a raspy machine-like blowing sound after S1 and before S2. The nurse documents this finding as:
a. An opening snap.
b. A diastolic murmur.
c. A systolic murmur.
d. A pericardial friction rub.
ANS: C
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