The nurse on a medical-surgical unit palpates a patient's carotid pulse for 30 seconds and obtains a rate of 80 beats/min. The nurse knows in obtaining a patient's carotid pulse, careful technique must be followed to prevent which response?
A) Increase in heart rate
B) Decrease in heart rate
C) Increase in blood pressure
D) Irregular heart rhythm
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