The nurse is reviewing the principles of systolic and diastolic blood pressure with a group of nursing students. What are the best responses by the student nurses about what determines the reading as the ventricles contract and rest?
1 . Pressure the blood exerts on the walls of the arteries
2 . Rate and force of heartbeat
3 . Blood vessel condition
4 . Blood volume
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
D
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Rate and force of heartbeat, blood vessel condition, and blood volume determine the reading as the ventricles contract and rest. Blood pressure measures the pressure the blood exerts on the walls of the arteries.
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