A 50-Year-Old Patient Is Jogging on a Treadmill During an Exercise

question 175

Multiple Choice

A 50-year-old patient is jogging on a treadmill during an exercise stress test.Which of the following conditions, either reported by the patient or observed by the nurse, should prompt the nurse to immediately terminate the test? Select all that apply.

• A)Dizziness
• B)Sweating
• C)Chest pain
• D)Systolic blood pressure of 220 mm Hg
• E)Heart rate of 160 beats/min

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