Before You Perform an ECG on Your Patient, He Informs

question 25

Multiple Choice

Before you perform an ECG on your patient, he informs you that he has a pacemaker but isn't sure what kind. A portion of the ECG tracing is shown here. What type of pacemaker does this patient have?

• A)Atrial pacemaker
• B)Ventricular pacemaker
• C)AV pacemaker
• D)Atriobiventricular pacemaker

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Outcome Measures

Various types of assessments or indicators used to determine the effect or impact of an intervention or treatment.

Impact Measures

An approach associated with outcome assessment that answers the question of whether an intervention produced improvements in socially important outcomes. Impact assessment procedures include sociometric techniques, teacher ratings of social competence, and measures of academic performance.

Exemplars

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Social Validity

The degree to which the goals, procedures, and outcomes of an intervention are acceptable and relevant to the target population, stakeholders, and society at large.