The Nurse Is Supervising a Nursing Student While Applying Electrodes

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is supervising a nursing student while applying electrodes for continuous cardiac monitoring to an elderly patient.The nurse recognizes the need for further education when the student makes which comment about polarity while attaching the monitor leads to the electrode?

• A) White is negative.
• B) Black is neutral.
• C) Red is the ground lead.
• D) Brown is positive.

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