The nurse enters the room to measure the client's pulse rate. The nurse recognizes that the client's rate may be increased as a result of:
1. A febrile condition
2. Administration of digoxin
3. The client's athletic conditioning
4. Unrelieved severe postoperative pain
ANS: 1
Fever and heat may increase a client's pulse rate. Digoxin is a negative chronotropic drug; it will decrease the client's pulse rate. A conditioned athlete who participates in long-term exercise will have a lower heart rate at rest. Unrelieved severe pain increases parasympathetic stimulation; de-creasing the heart rate.
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