Question 1
A patient with atrial fibrillation is scheduled for elective cardioversion. What teaching should the nurse prepare for this patient?
◦ Long-term use of antiarrhythmic medication
◦ Long-term use of calcium channel blockers
◦ Short-term use of anticoagulant therapy
◦ Short-term use of beta blockers
Question 2
A patient's heart rhythm shows a regular rate of 50 bpm. The P wave looks like an inverted notch and appears after the QRS complex. What should the nurse suspect as the reason for this patient's rhythm? Select all that apply.
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.◦ Takes digitalis
◦ Being treated for aortic regurgitation
◦ Consumes large amounts of caffeine
◦ Diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction
◦ Recovering from cardiac bypass surgery
Conduction System of the Heart
Summation of Heart Sounds, Soft S1
Patient wearing an abularm
Venous return to the heart and blood flow to the lungs.
Diagram of the heart showing normal conduction pathway.
listen to your brain not your heart