The nurse is providing hospice care to a client who is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions except for a heart rate of 124 and a respiratory rate of 28. Which of the following is the basis for the nurses' response about these symptoms?

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An increase in heart and respiratory rate may occur before the slowing of these functions in the dying client. Heart and respiratory rate typically slow as the client progresses further toward death. In a dying client, high respiratory and pulse rates do not indicate improvement, and it would be inappropriate for the nurse to indicate this to thefamily.
The changes in pulse and respirations are not reflex responses.

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