While listening to a patient's apical pulse, a nurse identifies that it is difficult to hear both heart sounds. This would be charted as:
1. "Heart tones are distinct."
2. "Heart tones are strong."
3. "Heart tones are absent."
4. "Heart tones are muffled."
ANS: 4
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