The Nurse Working on a Pediatric Unit Is Caring for a Client

question 46

Multiple Choice

The nurse working on a pediatric unit is caring for a client newly diagnosed with asthma. Which assessment data indicate impending respiratory failure and the need for immediate intervention? Select all that apply.

• A)Shallow respirations
• B)Slightly diminished breath sounds
• C)Decreased wheezing
• D)Increased crackles
• E)Increased respiratory rate

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

Jung’s term for the impersonal, deepest layer of the unconscious mind, shared by all human beings because of their common ancestral past.

Jung

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, known for concepts like archetypes and the collective unconscious.

Archetypes

Jung’s term for emotionally laden ideas and images in the collective unconscious that have rich and symbolic meaning for all people.

Birth Order

The chronological order of sibling births, which is believed to influence their personality and psychological development.