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 a type of ventricular tachycardia?
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, atrial flutter, and junctional escape are all supraventricular rhythms, not ventricular rhythms.
B)Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia, atrial flutter, and junctional escape are all supraventricular rhythms, not ventricular rhythms.
C)Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia, atrial flutter, and junctional escape are all supraventricular rhythms, not ventricular rhythms.
D)Torsades de Pointes is a type of ventricular tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia, atrial flutter, and junctional escape are all supraventricular rhythms, not ventricular rhythms.

A Nurse Caring for a Client in the in the Intensive