A nurse is caring for a client experiencing spinal shock after a spinal cord injury. What clinical manifestation would indicate the resolution of spinal shock?
A. The return of reflex activity
B. Normalization of the pupillary reflex
C. Return of bowel and bladder continence
D. Tingling in the extremities below the lesion
A
The resolution of spinal shock is signaled by the return of reflex activity. Note that spinal shock and neurogenic shock are not interchangeable terms and describe different pathologic phenome-na.
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