A client scheduled for an operation later in the day tells the nurse she is anxious and wants the surgery to be over. The nurse correlates the following physical findings to the client's moderate degree of anxiety:
A)
blood pressure and pulse are elevated from baseline
B)
pacing in the hall
C)
crying uncontrollably
D)
difficulty arousing
A
Explanation:
A)
The sympathetic nervous system reacts in response to the anxiety, as manifested by the increase in BP and pulse. Crying and pacing would be seen with severe anxiety. Anxiety produces a state of alertness; client would not be sleeping.
Application
Assessment
Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation
B)
The sympathetic nervous system reacts in response to the anxiety, as manifested by the increase in BP and pulse. Crying and pacing would be seen with severe anxiety. Anxiety produces a state of alertness; client would not be sleeping.
Application
Assessment
Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation
C)
The sympathetic nervous system reacts in response to the anxiety, as manifested by the increase in BP and pulse. Crying and pacing would be seen with severe anxiety. Anxiety produces a state of alertness; client would not be sleeping.
Application
Assessment
Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation
D)
The sympathetic nervous system reacts in response to the anxiety, as manifested by the increase in BP and pulse. Crying and pacing would be seen with severe anxiety. Anxiety produces a state of alertness; client would not be sleeping.
Application
Assessment
Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation
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