A nurse caring for a client in the in the intensive care unit (ICU)notes that the client is experiencing a ventricular tachycardia dysrhythmia.Which rhythm is classified as supraventricular?
A) Sinus tachycardia
B) Atrial flutter
C) Junctional escape
D) Torsades de Pointes

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A) Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia is sinus dysrhythmia, atrial flutter is a supraventricular dysrhythmia, and junctional escape is a junctional dysrhythmia.
B) Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia is sinus dysrhythmia, atrial flutter is a supraventricular dysrhythmia, and junctional escape is a junctional dysrhythmia.
C) Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia is sinus dysrhythmia, atrial flutter is a supraventricular dysrhythmia, and junctional escape is a junctional dysrhythmia.
D) Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia is sinus dysrhythmia, atrial flutter is a supraventricular dysrhythmia, and junctional escape is a junctional dysrhythmia.

A Nurse Caring for a Client in the in the Intensive