The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Experiencing a Respiratory

question 39

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client experiencing a respiratory pattern characterized by initially slow,shallow respirations increasing in rapidity and depth,followed by a gradual decrease until respiration stops for 10 to 20 seconds,which then repeats itself.The nurse would document this type of respiration as:

• A)Biot's respirations
• B)Cheyne-Stokes respirations
• C)Kussmaul's respirations
• D)tachypnea

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