A terminally ill patient's respiratory pattern has changed and is now cyclic in nature, with increasing and then decreasing depths that are spaced by brief periods of apnea.
The nurse charts that the patient is having
1. Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
2. Biot respirations.
3. Apnea.
4. Eupnea.
Question 2
A male patient, who was admitted for evaluation of the cardiovascular system, has strong and equal peripheral pulses. The nurse correctly documents:
1. Peripheral pulses 2+ and equal bilaterally.
2. Pedal and radial pulses 1+ and equal.
3. All pulses 3+ and equal bilaterally.
4. Peripheral pulses present and equal.
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