Setting limits is especially appropriate when clients experience

The difference between apical and peripheral pulse rates that results from decreased cardiac output when the atria fail to contract is known as:

A) pulsus paradoxus. B) pulse deficit. C) pulsus alternans. D) paroxysmal pulse pressure.

Pain that is documented as caustic is described by the patient as:

A) burning. B) sharp. C) stabbing. D) achy.