The Patient Has a Permanent Pacemaker in Place with a Demand

question 31

Multiple Choice

The patient has a permanent pacemaker in place with a demand rate set at 60 beats/min.The cardiac monitor is showing a heart rate of 44 beats/min with no pacemaker spikes.The nurse recognizes this as:

• A) normal pacemaker function.
• B) failure to capture.
• C) failure to pace.
• D) failure to sense.

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Definitions:

Variable Cost Percentage

The ratio of variable costs to sales, used to assess how costs change in relation to changes in a business's sales volume.

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not fluctuate with the level of production or sales, such as rent, insurance, and salaries.

Sales Dollars

The total monetary value of sales transactions completed within a specific period.

High-Low Method

A technique used in managerial accounting to estimate fixed and variable costs associated with production.