A nurse cares for a client with congestive heart failure who has a regular cardiac rhythm of 128 beats/min.For which physiologic alterations should the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)

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Elevated heart rates in a healthy client initially cause blood pressure and cardiac output to increase.However,in a client who has congestive heart failure or a client with long-term tachycardia,ventricular filling time,cardiac output,and blood pressure eventually decrease.As cardiac output and blood pressure decrease,urine output will fall.

A Nurse Cares for a Client with Congestive Heart Failure