The nurse is monitoring the electrocardiogram (ECG) of a patient who has an internal ventricular pacemaker. Which pacer spike indicates the pacemaker is functioning properly?
A) The pacer spike occurs before the P wave
B) The pacer spike occurs before the QRS
C) Two pacer spikes occur before the QRS
D) Two pacer spikes occur before the T wave
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