Exam 25: Nursing Care of Patients With Cardiac Dysrhythmias

A patient is prescribed to have a 12-lead ECG completed.How many views of the patient's heart will this ECG provide?

The nurse determines that a patient's electrocardiogram is demonstrating normal sinus rhythm.What did the nurse observe to come to this conclusion? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is instructing a patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)on cell phone use.How many inches should the nurse instruct the patient to keep the cell phone from the ICD?

The nurse is assessing a patient's apical heart rate.Which heart rate should the nurse document as tachycardia?

A patient scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)has an implanted pacemaker.What should the nurse anticipate being done for this patient?

The nurse is determining the functioning of a patient's sinoatrial node.How many times per minute should the nurse expect the node to normally fire?

A patient is diagnosed with premature atrial contractions.On which area of the heart should the nurse focus when explaining this disorder to the patient?

The nurse identifies the diagnosis of decreased cardiac output as being appropriate for a patient with an acute dysrhythmia.Which interventions should the nurse include in this patient's plan of care? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is reviewing a patient's electrocardiogram.Which wave should the nurse recognize as being the first positive wave in a normal cardiac cycle?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient who has had a pacemaker implanted in the right side of the chest.Which patient statement indicates correct understanding of the discharge teaching?

A patient is diagnosed with a disorder affecting the P wave within the cardiac cycle.The nurse should plan care to address which cardiac action?

The nurse observes two PACs in 1 minute on a patient's cardiac monitor.The patient is asymptomatic.What action is required by the nurse?

The nurse is teaching a patient what complications to report with a pacemaker rate set at 72 beats/minute.Which patient response indicates that further teaching is necessary?

A patient has a pacemaker set at 72 beats/min.The nurse obtains a heart rate of 62 beats/min.What action should the nurse take?

The nurse calculates a patient's QRS interval as being 0.08 seconds.What should the nurse do for this patient?

A patient recovering from an acute myocardial infarction has a heart rate of 30 beats per minute.Which area of the heart should the nurse consider as pacing this patient's heart rate?

While assessing vital signs the nurse determines the regularity of a patient's cardiac rhythm.Which cardiac cycle measurement will the nurse use regularity to calculate?

While assisting in a code,the nurse recognizes a pattern of ventricular fibrillation on the cardiac monitor.Which should the nurse expect to be ordered next?

A patient is experiencing electrocardiogram changes.Which wave should the nurse recognize as representing ventricular repolarization?

A patient is in sustained ventricular tachycardia.Which dysrhythmia should the nurse realize can occur if the ventricular tachycardia is not treated?