For a client being prepared to receive an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) after surviving two episodes of ventricular fibrillation, the nurse would address the client's
a. acute pain.
b. anxiety.
c. fatigue.
d. decreased cardiac output.
B
All options are valid; however; clients who require AICDs have a great deal of anxiety. Anxiety can develop from past episodes of near death. Other clients fear that the AICD will not be able to reverse their dysrhythmia.
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