While Planning Care for a Patient with Respiratory Difficulty and Retaining

question 20

Multiple Choice

While planning care for a patient with respiratory difficulty and retaining too much carbon dioxide,which principle should the nurse recall? _______ would be stimulated in an attempt to maintain a normal homeostatic state.

• A) Irritant receptors
• B) Stretch receptors
• C) Peripheral chemoreceptors
• D) Central chemoreceptors

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