Author Question: You are caring for a young adult patient with an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to a closed head ... (Read 51 times)

bucstennis@aim.com · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

You are caring for a young adult patient with an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to a closed head injury. During your assessment, you notice that the patient's respirations follow a cycle progressively increasing in depth,

then progressively decreasing in depth, followed by a period of apnea. Which of the following appropriately describes this respiratory pattern?
1) Biot's breathing
2) Kussmaul's respirations
3) Sleep apnea
4) Cheyne-Stokes respirations

Question 2

The nurse administers an antitussive/expectorant cough preparation to a patient with bronchitis. Which of the following responses indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?

1) The amount of sputum the patient expectorates decreases with each dose administered.
2) Cough is completely suppressed, and she is able to sleep through the night.
3) Dry, unproductive cough is reduced, but her voluntary coughing is more productive.
4) Involuntary coughing produces large amounts of thick yellow sputum.