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Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Exam Prep II

Category - AACN Cardiac Vascular Nursing Practice Test

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Cardioversion is an electrical current administration used to convert certain dysrhythmias to normal rhythm. This procedure is most effective when the patient demonstrates:

Ventricular Fibrillation
Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Standstill
Torsades de Pointes

Explanation

Answer- B - Cardioversion is most effective when the patient is having ventricular tachycardia. Cardioversion is a procedure that involves administration of precordial shock, which is synchronized with the R wave to interrupt an abnormally fast heart rate or cardiac arrhythmia. It is used for atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia and paroxysmal atrial tachycardia when all pharmaceutical interventions fail.

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