The nurse is working on a telemetry unit, caring for a client who has been in sinus rhythm for the past 2 days with a heart rate of 88 to 96 beats per minute. The client puts on the call light in the bathroom and reports severe dizziness. The telemetry shows a heart rate of 46 beats per minute. What should the nurse be prepared to do?

The nurse is working on a telemetry unit, caring for a client who has been in sinus rhythm for the past 2 days with a heart rate of 88 to 96 beats per minute. The client puts on the call light in the bathroom and reports severe dizziness. The telemetry shows a heart rate of 46 beats per minute. What should the nurse be prepared to do?

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The nurse is working on a telemetry unit, caring for a client who has been in sinus rhythm for the past 2 days with a heart rate of 88 to 96 beats per minute. The client puts on the call light in the bathroom and reports severe dizziness. The telemetry shows a heart rate of 46 beats per minute. What should the nurse be prepared to do?



a) Assist with a temporary pacemaker.
b) Prepare the client for maze surgery.
c) Send the client to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
d) Give an IV bolus of atropine.


Answer: d) Give an IV bolus of atropine.


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