The nurse is caring for a patient with a fractured sacrum. The nurse would assess for which changes as a result of this fracture?
1. Altered sympathetic responses
2. Alteration in pain responses
3. Alteration in position sense
4. Altered parasympathetic responses
Answer: 4
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a. Autonomy b. Beneficence c. Justice d. Veracity
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the body. A) True B) False
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