A nurse notes that a client with sinus rhythm has a premature ventricular contraction that falls on the T wave of the preceding beat. The client's rhythm suddenly changes to one with no P waves or definable QRS complexes. Instead there are coarse wavy lines of varying amplitude. The nurse assesses this rhythm to be:
A. Ventricular tachycardia
B. Ventricular fibrillation
C. Atrial fibrillation
D. Asystole
Ans: B. Ventricular fibrillation
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