Your patient has his own P waves but no QRS complexes. His DDD pacemaker should
A) provide him with QRS complexes at a preset rate, ignoring intrinsic P waves.
B) sense the intrinsic P waves and deliver QRS complexes to follow those P waves within a preset rate range.
C) ignore the intrinsic P waves, providing him with paced P waves and QRS complexes.
D) be inhibited and wait until there are no P waves or QRS complexes.
B
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When you are assessing or managing an older patient, you should:
a. use physical contact to compensate for loss of sight or hearing. b. talk more loudly than normal because most of the elderly have hearing loss. c. separate the patient from friends or family as quickly as possible to reduce anxiety. d. call the patient "dear" or "honey" to make the patient feel cared for.