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The Nurse Is Caring for a Dying Patient in Hospice

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The nurse is caring for a dying patient in hospice.The patient's respirations are slow and uneven with deep breaths and long periods of apnea.Which term best describes this breathing pattern?


A) Rhonchal bradypnea
B) Forrest-Shiley breaths
C) Kussmaul's respirations
D) Cheyne-Stokes breathing

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