Select all that apply.
- AV block
- atrial flutter
- atrial fibrillation
- sick sinus syndrome
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
The nurse is working on the cardiac unit with a client scheduled to receive digitalis. The nurse understands that which finding is a contraindication for this medication?
Numbers 1, 4, and 5 are correct.
Digitalis is given to treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation. It is contraindicated in AV block, sick sinus syndrome, and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.