A home health nurse is visiting a home care client with advanced lung cancer. upon assessing the client, the nurse discovers wheezing, bradycardia, and a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/minute. these signs are associated with which condition?

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Lydia Fields

19 May, 18:53

A home health nurse is visiting a home care client with advanced lung cancer. upon assessing the client, the nurse discovers wheezing, bradycardia, and a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/minute. these signs are associated with which condition?

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Lukas Gilmore · Answer 1

These signs are associated with Hypoxia. Hypoxia occurs, producing wheezing, bradycardia, and a decreased respiratory rate. Semiconsciousness is a state of impaired consciousness characterized by limited motor and verbal responses and decreased orientation.