A Client with Terminal Cancer Has a Respiratory Rate of 10

question 11

Multiple Choice

A client with terminal cancer has a respiratory rate of 10 and requests a dose of prescribed morphine. Which action should the nurse take?

• A) Hold the dose until the respirations are above 1
• 2)
• B) Administer the dose of morphine.
• C) Implement nonpharmacological interventions.
• D) Administer the prescribed NSAID.

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Definitions:

Murders Committed

The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.

Middle Class

A social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families.

Mass Murder

The act of killing four or more individuals at a single location and in a short period of time, typically without a cooling-off period between the murders.

Homicide Rates

The statistics or measures indicating the number of deaths due to homicide within a given population or area over a specific period of time.