The assistive personnel reports that an older patient is complaining of shortness of breath and palpitations.The nurse connects the patient to an electrocardiogram monitor and analyzes the rhythm with normal P wave and normal QRS and T waves.The rate is 116 beats per minute and regular.The nurse identifies this rhythm as which of the following?
A) Sinus bradycardia
B) Ventricular tachycardia
C) Sinus tachycardia
D) Normal sinus rhythm

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Sinus tachycardia is a rate between 100 and 180 beats per minute with normal P,QRS,and T waves.Ventricular Tachycardia has a rhythm slightly irregular,rate 100 to 200 beats/min,P wave absent,QRS complex wide and bizarre,greater than 0.12 sec.Sinus bradycardia is a rate less than 60 beats per minute with normal P,QRS,and T waves.Normal sinus rhythm is a rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute with normal P,QRS,and T waves.

The Assistive Personnel Reports That an Older Patient Is Complaining