A class of beginning nursing students is learning about heart failure in their pathophysiology class. What should the students be taught is the reason for heart failure?
A) The heart cannot pump sufficient blood to meet the body's metabolic needs.
B) The heart is pumping too fast to adequately meet the body's metabolic needs.
C) The heart is pumping too slow to disseminate nutrients to the body.
D) The heart is fibrillating.

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Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the body's metabolic needs. This can be caused by a variety of factors such as damage to the heart muscle, high blood pressure, or disease. It is not caused by the heart pumping too fast or too slow, or by fibrillation.

A Class of Beginning Nursing Students Is Learning About Heart