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The Nurse Is Providing Care for a Young Adult Client

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The nurse is providing care for a young adult client with an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to a closed head injury. During the assessment, the nurse notices that the client's respirations follow a cycle progressively increasing in depth, then progressively decreasing in depth, followed by a period of apnea. Which of the following appropriately describes this respiratory pattern?


A) Biot's breathing
B) Kussmaul's respirations
C) Sleep apnea
D) Cheyne-Stokes respirations

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