A patient arrives in the emergency department for chest pain, lightheadedness, and shortness of breath (SOB). The cardiac monitor shows sinus rhythm with the presence of multifocal PVCs. Which order should the nurse question?

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1. Oxygen is indicated for shortness of breath.
2. Morphine is administered for chest pain.
3. Atropine would be questioned because atropine is the drug of choice for unstable bradycardia, not ventricular irritability.
4. Amiodarone is the drug of choice to decrease ventricular irritability and multifocal PVCs.

A Patient Arrives in the Emergency Department for Chest Pain