The nurse charts that the patient had periods of tachypnea during the night. This means that the respiration rate was:
1. below 12 breaths/minute.
2. uneven, with periods of apnea.
3. gradually deepening, then shallow, and then periods of apnea.
4. above 20 breaths/minute.
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Tachypnea is a respiration rate over 20 breaths/minute. Option 1 describes bradypnea, option 2 describes Biot's respirations, and option 3 describes Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
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