The Nurse Obtains a Rhythm Strip on a Patient Who

The nurse obtains a rhythm strip on a patient who has had a myocardial infarction and makes the following analysis: no visible P waves,PR interval not measurable,ventricular rate of 162,R-R interval regular,and QRS complex wide and distorted,and QRS duration of 0.18 second. The nurse interprets the patient's cardiac rhythm as

A) atrial flutter.
B) sinus tachycardia.
C) ventricular fibrillation.
D) ventricular tachycardia.

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