A Client Comes into the Emergency Department (ED) with a Productive

question 8

Multiple Choice

A client comes into the emergency department (ED) with a productive cough, audible coarse crackles, elevated temperature of 40.2 °C, high respiratory rate, chills and body aches. The nurse identifies the problem as respiratory compromise. The nurse is using which of the following?

• A) Deductive reasoning.
• B) Socratic questioning.
• C) Critical analysis.
• D) Inductive reasoning.

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