A Patient Is in the Emergency Department with a New

question 11

Multiple Choice

A patient is in the emergency department with a new onset of rapid-rate atrial fibrillation, and the nurse is preparing a continuous infusion. Which drug is most appropriate for this dysrhythmia?

• A) Diltiazem (Cardizem)
• B) Atenolol (Tenormin)
• C) Lidocaine
• D) Adenosine (Adenocard)

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Definitions:

Infinite Recursion

A condition where a function calls itself indefinitely without a breaking condition, leading to a stack overflow error.

Abnormal Termination

The unexpected interruption of a program's execution due to errors like runtime exceptions, resulting in the program ending abruptly.

Base Case

In recursion, the condition under which the recursive process ends, preventing infinite recursion.

Recursive Solution

A recursive solution involves solving a problem by breaking it into smaller instances of the same problem, typically involving a function calling itself.