The Nurse Is Caring for a Person Who Develops Atrial

question 18

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a person who develops atrial fibrillation with a heart rate above 100 beats per minute. Place the following nursing actions in sequence from the highest priority to the lowest priority:

• A) check the patency of an intermittent IV.
• B) assess the person for comfort level and vital signs.
• C) call the doctor to report the dysrhythmia.
• D) check the person's chart for laboratory results from today's tests.

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Definitions:

Ganglion Cells

Neurons located in the retina that receive visual information from photoreceptors and transmit it to the brain.

Opponent-process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how humans perceive colors as the brain processes signals from the eyes in an antagonistic manner.

Bipolar Cell

A type of neuron found in the retina that plays a role in the transmission of visual information from photoreceptors to ganglion cells.

Spontaneous Rate

In neuroscience, it refers to the baseline firing rate of a neuron when not being stimulated.