The nurse is assessing the client's respiratory pattern and notes periods of deep breathing alternating with periods of apnea. Which of the following terms would the nurse use to document this finding?
1. Tachypnea
2. Obstructive breathing
3. Hypoventilation
4. Cheyne-Stokes
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Rationale 1: The client who has tachypnea exhibits rapid and shallow respirations.
Rationale 2: Clients with obstructive breathing have prolonged expirations.
Rationale 3: Hypoventilation is irregular and shallow breathing.
Rationale 4: The breathing described is a Cheyne-Stokes pattern.
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