Your client has just been diagnosed with a dysrhythmia. The client asks you to explain the normal sinus rhythm. What would you explain are the characteristics of normal sinus rhythm?

Your client has just been diagnosed with a dysrhythmia. The client asks you to explain the normal sinus rhythm. What would you explain are the characteristics of normal sinus rhythm?


a) The impulse travels to the atrioventricular (AV) node in 0.15 to 0.5 seconds.
b) Heart rate between 60 and 150 beats per minute.
c) The sinoatrial (SA) node initiates the impulse.
d) The ventricles depolarize in 0.5 seconds or less.


Answer: c) The sinoatrial (SA) node initiates the impulse.


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