The nurse determines that a patient has ventricular bigeminy when the rhythm strip indicates that

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Ventricular bigeminy describes a rhythm in which every other QRS complex is wide and bizarre looking. Pairs of wide QRS complexes are described as couplets. Wide QRS complexes at a rate of 150 to 250 indicate ventricular tachycardia. Wide QRS complexes with different shapes are described as multifocal premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).

The Nurse Determines That a Patient Has Ventricular Bigeminy When