The nurse detects an extra heart sound that occurs "between heartbeats." How would the nurse document the timing of this sound?
1. Diastolic
2. Holosystolic
3. Systolic
4. Pansystolic
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: The period "between heartbeats" is the time between S2 and the next S1. This period of time is diastole. Systole is the period of time between S1 and S2.
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