Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a patient with gastroenteritis who has been vomiting for 48 hours.A family member of the patient asks the nurse,"Why is he breathing that way?" What is the nurse's most accurate response after explaining the meaning of pH? "He is breathing
A) Fast and deep to help reduce carbon dioxide to increase his pH"
B) Slow and shallow to try to retain carbon dioxide to decrease his pH"
C) Fast and deep to help reduce carbon dioxide to decrease his pH"
D) Slow and shallow to try to retain carbon dioxide to increase his pH"
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