Upon checking on a patient, a nurse discovers the patient appeared to experience some shortness of breath while walking back from the restroom. The nurse determines that the patient may be experiencing
1. Episodes of orthopnea.
2. Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
3. Eupnea.
4. Exertional dyspnea.
ANS: 4
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The anatomy and physiology instructor discusses the thalamus with the nursing class. The instructor tells the students that the thalamus does what?
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