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The Patient Has a Permanent Pacemaker Inserted

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The patient has a permanent pacemaker inserted.The provider has set the pacemaker to the demand mode at a rate of 60 beats per minute.The nurse realizes that


A) the pacemaker will pace only if the patient's intrinsic heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute.
B) the demand mode often competes with the patient's own rhythm.
C) the demand mode places the patient at risk for the R-on-T phenomenon.
D) the fixed-rate mode is safer and is the mode of choice.

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