While Caring for a Critically Ill Child, the Nurse Observes

question 21

Multiple Choice

While caring for a critically ill child, the nurse observes that respirations are gradually increasing in rate and depth, with periods of apnea. What is this pattern of respiration called?

• A)Dyspnea
• B)Tachypnea
• C)Cheyne-Stokes respirations
• D)Seesaw (paradoxic) respirations

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Definitions:

Realistic Conflict Theory

The view that as competition increases among social groups for scarce resources, so do prejudice, discrimination, and hatred.

Prejudice

Hostile or negative attitudes toward people in a distinguishable group, based solely on their membership in that group, often rooted in stereotypes and unfounded beliefs.

Realistic Conflict Theory

A social psychological model that explains intergroup conflicts, prejudice, and discrimination as resulting from actual competition between groups for desired resources.

Scarce Resources

Resources that are limited in availability and cannot satisfy all the demands placed on them by humans.