The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with a Head

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with a head injury and observes a rhythmic increase and decrease in the rate and depth of respiration followed by brief periods of apnea.What should the nurse document under breathing pattern?

A) Central neurogenic hyperventilation
B) Apneustic breathing
C) Ataxic respirations
D) Cheyne-Stokes respirations