A Patient Has a Normal Cardiac Rhythm and a Heart

question 7

Multiple Choice

A patient has a normal cardiac rhythm and a heart rate of 72 beats/minute.The nurse determines that the P-R interval is 0.24 seconds.The most appropriate intervention by the nurse would be to

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

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value estimation derived from a sample that serves as the best guess of a population parameter.

Interval Estimate

Interval Estimate is a range of values used to estimate a population parameter, typically expressed through confidence intervals.

Population Parameter

A value, such as a mean or standard deviation, that describes a characteristic of an entire population.

Normal Distribution

A distribution pattern in probabilities that is balanced around the mean, signifying that data points near the mean have a higher frequency of occurrence compared to those far from the mean.