The nurse is caring for a client experiencing a respiratory pattern characterized by irregular periods of increased rate and depth of respiration. The nurse notes this in the client's record as:
a. Biot's respirations c. Kussmaul's respira-tions
b. Cheyne-Stokes res-pirations d. tachypnea
C
Kussmaul's respirations are a respiratory pattern characterized by irregular periods of increased rate and depth of respiration.
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