Stressors are a variety of factors that have long been thought to have an important connection with the immune response. What could the nurse classify as a stressor? (Select all that apply.)
A) Trauma
B) Foreign cells
C) Viruses
D) Extremes of environmental conditions
E) Self-cells
A, B, C, D
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The term "stressors" can include bacteria, viruses, other foreign pathogens or non–self-cells, trauma, and exposure to extremes of environmental conditions. Self-cells are not considered a stressor on the body.
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