The monitor technician notifies the nurse "stat" that the patient has a rapid, chaotic rhythm that looks like ventricular tachycardia. What is the nurse's first action?
a. Call a code overhead.
b. Check the patient immediately.
c. Go to the nurse's station and look at the rhythm strip.
d. Take the crash cart to the room.
B
The first intervention in this situation is to assess unresponsiveness by checking the patient.
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