When obtaining the vital signs of a client with multiple traumatic injuries, a nurse detects bradycardia, bradypnea, and systolic hypertension. The nurse must notify the physician immediately because these findings may reflect which complication?
a) Shock
b) Encephalitis
c) Increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
d) Status epilepticus
Answer: c) Increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
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