When needing to estimate the ventricular rate quickly for a patient with a regular heart rhythm using an ECG strip, the nurse will
A) print a 1-minute ECG strip and count the number of QRS complexes.
B) count the number of large squares in the R-R interval and divide by 300.
C) calculate the number of small squares between one QRS complex and the next and divide into 1500.
D) use the 3-second markers to count the number of QRS complexes in 6 seconds and multiply by 10.
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