While assessing the patient's respiratory rate, the nurse assesses four normal breaths followed by an episode of apnea lasting 20 seconds. How will the nurse document this finding?
A) Eupnea
B) Apnea
C) Biot's respiration
D) Cheyne-Stokes
Ans: C
Feedback: The nurse will document that the patient is demonstrating a Biot's respiration pattern. Biot's respiration is characterized by periods of normal breathing (three to four breaths) followed by varying periods of apnea (usually 10 seconds to 1 minute). Cheyne-Stokes is a similar respiratory pattern but involves a regular cycle where the rate and depth of breathing increase and then decrease until apnea occurs. Biot's respiration is not characterized by the increase and decrease in the rate and depth, as characterized by Cheyne-Stokes. Eupnea is a normal breathing pattern of 12 to 18 breaths per minute. Bradypnea is a slower-than-normal rate (less than 10 breaths per minute), with normal depth and regular rhythm, and no apnea.
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