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A client is unconscious and in respiratory distress after being in a motor vehicle crash. Which should the nurse realize as being a factor that caused a change in this client’s respiratory rate?

1. Exercise
2. Increased intracranial pressure
3. Increased environmental temperature
4. Stress

ANSWER

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Exercise increases respiration rates.
Rationale 2: Factors that decrease respirations include increased intracranial pressure.
Rationale 3: Increased environmental temperatures increase respiration rates.
Rationale 4: Stress increases respiration rates.