When assessing a patient's pulse, you note that it is irregular. To get an accurate heart rate, you would:

A) listen to the pulse with a stethoscope.
B) count the number of beats that occur in 1 minute.
C) double the number of beats obtained in 30 seconds.
D) feel the carotid pulse for 30 seconds and multiply by 2.


B

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