The physician has ordered a nonpharmacologic therapy for a client diagnosed with bradycardia. The nurse anticipates what to be ordered for this client?
1. Defibrillation
2. Cardiac pacemakers
3. Cardioversion
4. Increased exercise
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Defibrillation is incorrect because more serious types of dysrhythmias are corrected through electrical shock of the heart known as cardioversion or defibrillation.
Rationale 2: Cardiac pacemakers are sometimes inserted to correct the types of dysrhythmias that cause the heart to beat too slowly.
Rationale 3: Cardioversion is incorrect because more serious types of dysrhythmias are corrected through electrical shock of the heart known as cardioversion or defibrillation.
Rationale 4: Increased exercise is incorrect because a cardiac pacemaker will correct bradycardia.
Global Rationale: Cardiac pacemakers are sometimes inserted to correct the types of dysrhythmias that cause the heart to beat too slowly. Defibrillation is incorrect because more serious types of dysrhythmias are corrected through electrical shock of the heart known as cardioversion or defibrillation. Cardioversion is incorrect because more serious types of dysrhythmias are corrected through electrical shock of the heart known as cardioversion or defibrillation. Increased exercise is incorrect because a cardiac pacemaker will correct bradycardia.
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