The nurse is monitoring a 78-year-old male patient who has experienced a significant cerebrovascular accident resulting in extensive brain damage. During a comprehensive evaluation, the nurse observes the patient’s respiratory pattern and identifies a cycle of respirations that increase and decrease in depth and rate, culminating in periods where breathing temporarily ceases. This observation is most consistent with which of the following descriptions? A. Progressively deeper breaths followed by shallower breaths with apneic periods. B. Rapid, deep breathing with abrupt pauses between each breath. C. Rapid, deep breathing and irregular breathing without pauses. D. Shallow breathing with an increased respiratory rate.
The nurse is monitoring a 78-year-old male patient who has experienced a significant cerebrovascular accident resulting in extensive brain damage. During a comprehensive evaluation, the nurse observes the patient’s respiratory pattern and identifies a cycle of respirations that increase and decrease in depth and rate, culminating in periods where breathing temporarily ceases. This observation is most consistent with which of the following descriptions? A. Progressively deeper breaths followed by shallower breaths with apneic periods. B. Rapid, deep breathing with abrupt pauses between each breath. C. Rapid, deep breathing and irregular breathing without pauses. D. Shallow breathing with an increased respiratory rate.
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The nurse is monitoring a 78-year-old male patient who has experienced a significant cerebrovascular accident resulting in extensive brain damage. During a comprehensive evaluation, the nurse observes the patient’s respiratory pattern and identifies a cycle of respirations that increase and decrease in depth and rate, culminating in periods where breathing temporarily ceases. This observation is most consistent with which of the following descriptions?
A. Progressively deeper breaths followed by shallower breaths with apneic periods.
B. Rapid, deep breathing with abrupt pauses between each breath.
C. Rapid, deep breathing and irregular breathing without pauses.
D. Shallow breathing with an increased respiratory rate.
The nurse is monitoring a 78-year-old male patient who has experienced a significant cerebrovascular accident resulting in extensive brain damage. During a comprehensive evaluation, the nurse observes the patient’s respiratory pattern and identifies a cycle of respirations that increase and decrease in depth and rate, culminating in periods where breathing temporarily ceases. This observation is most consistent with which of the following descriptions?
A. Progressively deeper breaths followed by shallower breaths with apneic periods.
B. Rapid, deep breathing with abrupt pauses between each breath.
C. Rapid, deep breathing and irregular breathing without pauses.
D. Shallow breathing with an increased respiratory rate.
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