What data would a nurse expect to assess in a sixteen-year-old patient admitted with right-sided heart failure?
  1. Decreased urinary output and restlessness
  2. Nausea and anorexia
  3. Orthopnea and crackles
  4. Tachycardia and heart sound
Explanation
Answer - B - Data that a nurse would expect to assess in a sixteen-year-old patient admitted with right-sided heart failure is nausea and anorexia. In right-sided heart failure, the viscera and peripheral tissues become congested. Venous engorgement and venous stasis in the abdominal organs lead to nausea and anorexia in right-sided heart failure. Other options occur in left-sided heart failure.
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