Question

1 pts D Question 5 A client, diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), presents with Kussmaul respirations. A newly licensed nurse asks the client to slow the breathing. What instruction should the preceptor provide? O "Keep trying to slow the client's respirations because breathing so fast is hard on the heart." O "Let the client set the respiratory rate to compensate for the acidosis." O "The client is breathing deeply to help offset diabetes-induced hypoxemia." O "If the client keeps breathing like that respiratory acidosis will develop."

Answer 1

Ans) 5) "Let the Client set the respiratory rate to compensate for the acidosis".

Explaination:

- The body initially buffers the change with the bicarbonate buffering system, but this system is quickly overwhelmed and other mechanisms must work to compensate for the acidosis. One such mechanism is hyperventilation to lower the blood carbon dioxide levels (a form of compensatory respiratory alkalosis.