Multiple Choice
The nurse is assessing a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with increasing dyspnea over the last 3 days. Which of the following findings is most important to report to the health care provider?
A) Respirations are 36 breaths/minute.
B) Anterior-posterior chest ratio is 1:1.
C) Lung expansion is decreased bilaterally.
D) Hyperresonance to percussion is present.
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