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STUVIA 2024/2025Arrhythmias Olympics
A nurse is caring for a patient in the intensive care unit who is receiving intravenous lidocaine. The
patient is drowsy and confused and reports numbness of the fingers and toes. Which standing order
will the nurse initiate at this time: - ✔✔Reduce the rate of infusion.
A nurse is discussing adenosine with a nursing student. Which statement by the student indicates a
need for further teaching? - ✔✔"Adenosine can be used to prevent paroxysmal supraventricular
tachycardia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome."
A nurse is providing teaching to a patient who is admitted to the hospital for initiation of treatment with
amiodarone [Cordarone] for atrial fibrillation that has been refractory to other medications. Which
statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching? - ✔✔"I may have itching, malaise, and
jaundice, but these symptoms will subside."
A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about antidyshythmic medications. Which statement
by a student indicates understanding of the teaching? - ✔✔"Antidysrhythmic drugs can cause new
dysrhythmias or worsen existing ones."
A nurse is teaching a patient who is about to undergo direct-current (DC) cardioversion to treat atrial
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flutter. The patient has been taking verapamil and warfarin for 6 months. Which statement by the
patient indicates understanding of the teaching? - ✔✔"I may need long-term therapy with another
cardiac medication after the procedure."
A nurse provides teaching for a patient who will begin taking procainamide [Procanbid] for long-term
suppression of a dyshythmia. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching? -
✔✔"I may have increased bruising, but this is a temporary side effect."
A nursing student asks a nurse how digoxin causes dyshythmias. The nurse correctly states that
digoxin: - ✔✔increases automaticity in the Purkinje fibers.
A patient is admitted to the acute care telemetry unit with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation. The
physician orders dofetilide (Tikosyn). Before initiating this medication, the nurse will: - ✔✔assess
potassium level.
A patient is admitted to the telemetry unit with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. When
performing the initial assessment, the nurse records blood pressure in the left arm of 142/84, blood
pressure in the right arm of 138/80, temperature of 98.8° F, and radial pulse of 80 and that is weak
and irregular. The nurse should notify the physician regarding: - ✔✔pulse only.
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