Reference no: EM133566846

Question

The nurse applies external self-adhesive pacemaker pads to the chest of a client who has symptomatic bradycardia that has been unresponsive to several doses of atropine sulfate (Atropine). The nurse is setting the pacemaker rate and level of energy. Which nursing intervention is most important when setting the pacemaker to obtain myocardial capture? Slowly increase the mA setting until capture is present. Set the mA an additional 2 mA above where capture began. Put the pacemaker in the demand mode. Program the pacemaker rate to match the client's intrinsic rate.