A regular interval interrupted by an early beat, late beat, or missed beat indicates an abnormal rhythm or:
a. dysrhythmia.
b. tachycardia.
c. bradycardia.
d. a pulse deficit.
A
A regular interval interrupted by an early beat, late beat, or a missed beat indicates an abnormal rhythm (not rate) or dysrhythmia. Pulse rate assessment often reveals variations in heart rate. Two common abnormalities in heart rate are tachycardia and bradycardia. Tachycardia is an abnormally elevated heart rate, more than 100 beats per minute in adults. Bradycardia is a slow rate, less than 60 beats per minute in adults. An inefficient contraction of the heart that fails to transmit a pulse wave to the peripheral pulse site creates a pulse deficit.
You might also like to view...
Student nurses are taught to look at all patients as infected or colonized with microorganisms without showing any signs or symptoms of infection
The student nurses are further taught to implement precautions in the delivery of patient care. This practice is referred to as the implementation of what? A) Universal Precautions B) Standard Precautions C) Transmission-Based Precautions D) Contact Precautions
Which of the following falls under the jurisdiction of the state board of nursing?
a. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education programs b. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act c. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act d. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses (RNs) in times of extreme shortage
When performing an assessment that focuses on a set of standardized connections to graphically record basic information about family members and their relationships over three generations, the nurse uses
a. an ecomap. b. a gendergram. c. family time lines. d. a genogram.
According to Erikson, the psychosocial task of adolescence is developing:
a. intimacy. b. identity. c. initiative. d. independence.