A student nurse is measuring EKG strips for normal sinus rhythm. Which of the following techniques for measuring would need further education? Select all that apply.
a. Small boxes between R to R waves
b. From the end of the P wave to the end of the R wave
c. Small boxes from the beginning of the P wave to the beginning of the Q wave and multiply by 0.04
d. The small boxes from the beginning of the P wave to the end of the R wave
e. Small boxes from the beginning of the P wave to the beginning of the Q wave.
a. Small boxes between R to R waves
b. From the end of the P wave to the end of the R wave
c. Small boxes from the beginning of the P wave to the beginning of the Q wave and multiply by 0.04
rationale: small boxes between R to R waves is wrong and needs further teaching. Measuring should be from the beginning of the P wave to the beginning of the Q wave. From the end of the P wave to the end of the R wave is wrong and needs further teaching. Measuring should be from the beginning of the P wave to the beginning of the Q wave. Small boxes from beginning of the P wave to the end of the R wave is wrong and needs further teaching. Measuring should be from the beginning of the P wave to the beginning of the Q wave.
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