The Nurse Is Providing Care to a Client with a History

Multiple Choice

The nurse is providing care to a client with a history of a diagnosis of organic heart disease.The nurse received a phone call from the telemetry base station and reported a reading of ventricular rate <40 beats/min from the Purkinje fibers.After the nurse checks the client,what should the nurse do next?

A) Prepare the client for pacemaker insertion.
B) Start CPR at 100 chest compressions/minute.
C) Administer oxygen to maintain tissue perfusion.
D) Assign the UAP to monitor the client.