Harper is having some respiratory distress and is in the hospital. The nurse working with her keeps telling her to calm down and take long, slow, deep breaths. Which problem is Harper most likely struggling with?

Tachypnea means breathing faster than normal. Encouraging Harper to calm down and breathe slowly suggests she may be breathing too rapidly, so tachypnea is the best choice. Eupnea is normal breathing, hypopnea is unusually shallow or reduced breathing, and bradypnea is unusually slow breathing.

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