If an Individual with Respiratory Difficulty Were Retaining Too Much

question 14

Multiple Choice

If an individual with respiratory difficulty were retaining too much carbon dioxide, which of the following compensatory responses would the nurse expect to be initiated?

• A) Increase in respiratory rate
• B) Decrease in ventilation rate
• C) Increase in tidal volume
• D) Vasodilation of the pulmonary arterioles

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Definitions:

Centration

The tendency of young children to focus only on one aspect of an object or situation, a characteristic of preoperational stage of cognitive development.

Egocentrism

A cognitive characteristic where an individual is unable to distinguish between their own perspective and that of others, often observed in early childhood development.

Piagetian Term

Pertains to concepts and terminologies introduced by Jean Piaget in his theory of cognitive development, which outlines how children progress through four stages of cognitive growth.

Amygdala

is a part of the brain's limbic system involved in emotion regulation, decision-making, and memory processing, especially related to emotional reactions.