A Patient Has a Sinus Rhythm and a Heart Rate

question 27

Multiple Choice

A patient has a sinus rhythm and a heart rate of 72 beats/min. The nurse determines that the PR interval is 0.24 seconds. The most appropriate intervention by the nurse would be to

• A)notify the health care provider immediately.
• B)document the finding and monitor the patient.
• C)give atropine per agency dysrhythmia protocol.
• D)prepare the patient for temporary pacemaker insertion.

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