The nursing assistant reports the following vital signs for four patients just evaluated. Which patient should the nurse see first?
a. 25 respirations per minute for a toddler
b. 38 respirations per minute for a newborn
c. 12 respirations per minute for an 8-year-old child
d. 14 respirations per minute for an adult pa-tient
C
The 8-year-old child is the nurse's priority because the rate is too slow for the patient's deve-lopmental stage. The normal range for a child is 20 to 30 breaths per minute. The range for res-pirations for a toddler is 25 to 32 breaths per minute; thus 25 breaths are within the normal limits. The range for respirations for a newborn is 35 to 40 breaths per minute; thus 38 breaths are within the normal limits. The range for respirations for an adult is 12 to 20 breaths per minute; thus 14 breaths are within the normal limits.
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