The nurse is reviewing the client's medical record and notes a consistently elevated blood pressure over the last eight years. The client has been noncompliant with lifestyle changes and medication use designed to reduce the client's blood pressure
Today, the nurse is able to palpate a heave on the client's chest. Where is the heave located?
1. A.
2. B.
3. C.
4. D.
Correct Answer: 1
Pulsations or heaves palpated at the right sternal border in the second intercostal space are associated with systemic hypertension.
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