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A 71-year-old with hypertension and diabetes is admitted with atrial fibrillation of unknown onset; he noticed palpitations 'sometime last week.' Diltiazem has brought the rate from 148 to 92, and his BP is stable. He asks to 'get shocked back to normal today.' What should the nurse anticipate?

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