Question 35 - Math Practice Test for the NLN NEX

A nurse monitors the respiratory rate (breaths per minute) of three post-surgery patients over three consecutive days. The table below shows the data collected:

Patient Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Patient A 16 18 20
Patient B 14 14 16
Patient C 19 22 24

Based on the table, which patient shows the greatest increase in respiratory rate over the three days?

Hint

Be alert for words like better, best, more, most/mostly, main/mainly, major/majority, higher/highest, greater/greatest, biggest, largest, strongly/strongest, significant, essential, preferred, ideal/ideally, closest, special, especially critical, crucial, predominantly, definitely, absolutely, largely, key, and primary/primarily, specific/specifically in questions. They indicate that there might be other answers that could work, but the correct answer is the one that is the best of the choices given.

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