NCLEX Practice Question of the Week
Here is the weekly question posted on the NCSBN Learning Extension:
A client on telemetry begins to have premature ventricular beats (PVBs) at 12 per minute. A nurse reviews the most recent laboratory results. Which lab test would require immediate action by the nurse?
- “Calcium 9 mg/dL”
- “Magnesium 2.5 mg/dL”
- “Potassium 2.5 mEq/L”
- “Partial thromboplastin time 70 seconds”
The correct answer is: 3 – Potassium 2.5 mEq/L
Normal range for Potassium is 3.5 – 5.0 mEq/L
