A Terminally Ill Patient's Respirations Have Become Cyclic in Nature

question 30

Essay

A terminally ill patient's respirations have become cyclic in nature, beginning with periods of shallow, slow breaths before becoming progressively deeper. A nurse expects that the respirations will become progressively shallower again, ending the cycle with 15- to 50-second periods of ____________________.

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Definitions:

Disposition

Final placement or disposal of a dead person.

Entombment

Opening and closing of a crypt, including placing and sealing of a casket within.

Earth Burial

A traditional method of disposing of a body post-mortem, where the deceased is interred in the ground, typically within a cemetery.

Ethnocentrism

The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture, often accompanied by a generalized viewpoint of other cultures.