The patient has a newly inserted VVI pacemaker set at a demand rate of 70 . What cardiac monitor reading, if found by the nurse, most indicates a pacemaker malfunction?
A) Patient pulse is 75 with no pacing stimuli seen on cardiac monitor.
B) Patient pulse is 70 with pacing stimulus seen before each R wave.
C) Patient pulse is 65 with no pacing stimuli seen on cardiac monitor.
D) Patient pulse is irregular with pacing stimuli seen before some R waves.
C
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