DYSRHYTHMIA NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You are the nurse working on the telemetry unit and you have finally gotten to sit down to work on some charting. Suddenly the heart monitors at the station start beeping. Patient in room 18 is showing this rhythm on the monitor. The medical team advances together into the room and finds them unconscious. What is priority action by the nurse? A) Prepare to administer adenosine to the patient B) Begin chest compressions C) Prepare for defibrillation D) Check for a pulse Answer: D. A pulse would be assessed for first. Then the patient will be defibrillized and chest compressions will begin immediately.
Document information
- Uploaded on
- May 31, 2024
- Number of pages
- 23
- Written in
- 2023/2024
- Type
- Exam (elaborations)
- Contains
- Questions & answers