When caring for a client who has experienced a massive trauma, the nurse recognizes that the response of the sympathetic nervous system to stress correlates with which assessment finding?
1. Dilated pupils
2. Increased peristalsis
3. Decreased pulse
4. Urinary urgency
Answer: 1
1. The sympathetic nervous system response to stress is to dilate pupils.
2. The parasympathetic nervous system response would be to increase peristalsis.
3. The parasympathetic nervous system response would be to decrease the pulse.
4. The parasympathetic nervous system response would be to cause urinary urgency.
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