Because a patient is experiencing the fight-or-flight stage of the stress response, the nurse would be least concerned about which laboratory finding?
1. Serum glucose 80 mg/L
2. Serum potassium 3.3 mEq/L
3. Serum sodium 148 mEq/L
4. Total bilirubin 2.4 mg/dL
Answer: 3
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