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Title: A patient near death is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions exce
Post by: nurse2mrow on Sep 6, 2014
A patient near death is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions except for a heart rate of 124 and a respiratory rate of 28. The nurse explains to the family that these symptoms
 
a.   will continue to increase until death finally occurs.
b.   are a normal response before these functions decrease.
c.   may be associated with an improvement in the patient’s condition.
d.   indicate a reflex response to the slowing of other body systems.


Title: Re: A patient near death is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions exce
Post by: f_zah1 on Oct 25, 2014
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Title: Re: A patient near death is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions exce
Post by: nurse2mrow on Oct 27, 2014
Thank you for this, it helped me understand it perfectly.


Title: Re: A patient near death is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions exce
Post by: f_zah1 on Oct 27, 2014
Welcome :)