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ATI Medical Surgical

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ATI Medical Surgical

Difficulty: Medium Average Score: 66% Simulated

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History and Physical
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The client is a 75-year-old female admitted to the preoperative area to prepare for pacemaker insertion. Client reports she is having this done because her heart rate has been staying very low, she is always tired, and she has passed out once from low heart rate. Client has a history of worsening symptomatic bradycardia and a history of atrial fibrillation controlled by medication. She has been off anticoagulants for 4 days to prepare for the procedure.

The nurse is assessing the client to update the plan of care. Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement by selecting from the lists of options provided. The nurse determines that the client is experiencing ___ and the blood pressure changes are the result of ___.

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