A patient is being sent to the unit from the ER with a diagnosis of shock. The nurse knows that the three types of shock are:
1. multiple organ, cardiogenic, and renal shock.
2. cardiogenic, renal, and hypovolemic shock.
3. renal, hypervolemic, and distributive shock.
4. hypovolemic, cardiogenic, and distributive shock.
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The other three answers use terms that are associated with the shock syndrome.
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