The nurse is caring for a telemetry client. Upon entering the room, the nurse notices a few premature ventricular contractions on the cardiac monitor. As the nurse begins an assessment, the client goes into ventricular tachycardia on the monitor. Which of the following nursing actions is most appropriate?
a. Call for help
b. Call the provider
c. Call a code blue
d. Check for a pulse
d. Check for a pulse
rationale: The first step for a client in ventricular tachycardia is to check a pulse. If there isn't a pulse, then using the ACLS algorithm, the client would be treated with defibrillation. When a client goes into ventricular tachycardia, this is a medical emergency. The nurse would check a pulse to make sure the client matches the monitor, then call a code blue, which gets the code blue team to the bedside quickly. There will be a provider on the code blue team.
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