During a conversation about a patient, a new nurse states to the charge nurse, “His BP is 92/50, so he can’t be in shock.” Which response by the charge nurse indicates that the new nurse does not...

During a conversation about a patient, a new nurse states to the charge nurse, “His BP is 92/50, so he can’t be in shock.” Which response by the charge nurse indicates that the new nurse does not completely understand the symptoms of shock?

a. Patients can have a near-normal BP, yet still have inadequate tissue perfusion.

b. The cutoff for shock is a systolic pressure of 100 mm Hg.

c. Shock is determined by mean arterial pressure.

d. Shock is determined by a heart rate of over 100