How will the nurse calculate a patient's mean arterial pressure (MAP)?
1. Dividing the systolic pressure by the diastolic pressure
2. Averaging three of the patient's blood pressures over a 6-hour period
3. Dividing the diastolic pressure by the pulse pressure
4. Adding the systolic pressure and two diastolic pressures and then dividing by 3
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Rationale 1: This is not the way to calculate mean arterial pressure.
Rationale 2: This is not the way to calculate mean arterial pressure.
Rationale 3: This is not the way to calculate mean arterial pressure.
Rationale 4: This is the gold standard for measuring MAP and it reflects the time the heart is in diastole during the cardiac cycle.
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