The nurse is reviewing data collected on a group of patients. Which patient should the nurse realize is at risk for high-output heart failure?
1. a patient with chronic anemia
2. a person with untreated hypertension
3. an individual with untreated hypothyroidism
4. someone who abuses sedatives and analgesics
Correct Answer: 1
High-output heart failure occurs in patients in hypermetabolic states such as anemia or hyperthyroidism. Hypertension is typically associated with low-output heart failure. Sedatives and analgesics slow metabolic function.
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In planning nursing care, goals or expected outcomes must be written in terms that are __________, __________, and __________ so that they can be evaluated objectively once the nursing interventions have been implemented
Fill in the blank with correct word