The Nurse Is Reading the Cardiac Monitor and Notes That

question 35

Multiple Choice

The nurse is reading the cardiac monitor and notes that the patient's heart rhythm is extremely irregular and there are no discernible P waves.The ventricular rate is 90 beats per minute,and the patient is hemodynamically stable.The nurse realizes that the patient's rhythm is:

• A) atrial fibrillation.
• B) atrial flutter.
• C) atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response.
• D) junctional escape rhythm.

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