NCLEX-RN PRACTICE QUESTION/CPR

NCLEX Practice Question:

The healthcare provider is caring for a patient on a telemetry unit. The patient loses consciousness, and the healthcare provider and notes this waveform on the patient’s cardiac monitor. Which intervention should the healthcare provider do first?

1. Ask the unit secretary to call the cardiologist.
2. Begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and call for a defibrillator.
3. Document the findings and continue to monitor.
4. Administer 100% oxygen via face mask at 8 liters/minute.

Try to answer before looking below at the hints

Hints:
1. The heart rhythm is irregular.
2. There are no P waves and the PR interval is not measurable.
3. Instead of QRS complexes, there are irregular undulating waves.
4. Because the ventricles are fibrillating, treatment will include immediate defibrillation along with CPR

Correct Answer is 2