A nurse is performing a routine ECG on a new client during an annual physical examination. On the ECG strip, which indicates that the client has a pacemaker?
a. a depression before each QRS
b. a flutter prior to the P wave
c. an undulating wave after the P wave
d. a vertical line before each QRS
D
An ECG of a client with a pacemaker shows the impulse from the pulse generator by a pacemaker spike, a vertical line before each QRS on the ECG strip.
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