For the Nurse to Assess the Most Accurate Respiration Count

For the nurse to assess the most accurate respiration count, the nurse should:

A) inform the patient about his respirations and ask him to breathe normally.
B) count each inhalation and expiration for 1 full minute.
C) watch the patient's chest rise and fall from a distance.
D) continue to hold the patient's radial pulse, and count the respirations for 30 seconds and multiply them by 2.