The Patient Has a Permanent Pacemaker in Place with a Demand

question 9

Multiple Choice

The patient has a permanent pacemaker in place with a demand rate set at 60 beats/min.The cardiac monitor is showing a heart rate of 44 beats/min with no pacemaker spikes.The nurse realizes this as:

• A) normal pacemaker function.
• B) failure to capture.
• C) failure to pace.
• D) failure to sense.