A Student Nurse Looks at a Patient's Chart and Does

question 142

Multiple Choice

A student nurse looks at a patient's chart and does not understand the meaning of serious sleep apnea,so she asks the head nurse for assistance.How might the head nurse describe this condition?

• A)The patient is mentally ill and tends to try to suffocate himself at times.
• B)The patient cannot sleep unless he has several pillows he uses to deaden sounds that might awaken him.
• C)The patient appears to awaken throughout the night and start walking,but he will not respond to commands.
• D)The patient has a potentially life-threatening condition in which air does not flow into or out of his nose or mouth for periods of time while he is asleep.

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