NCLEX Practice Questions: Quiz 18

An 82-year-old woman is admitted with a diagnosis of rapid atrial fibrillation. The nurse has initiated telemetry monitoring per the physician’s order. Two hours after initiation of monitoring, an alarm sounds at the central monitoring station: the client is in what appears to be ventricular tachycardia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take FIRST?
- 1. Call a code blue.
- 2. Silence the alarm and change the alarm parameters.
- 3. Notify the physician of a change in rhythm.
- 4. Assess the client and check lead placement.

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