As an occupational health nurse at a large industrial plant, you are planning the return to work of an employee who was exposed to a chemical spill. To what type of stressor has this patient been exposed?
A) Physiologic
B) Psychosocial
C) Physical
D) Psychiatric
Ans: C
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Physical stressors include cold, heat, and chemical agents; physiologic stressors include pain and fatigue. A chemical spill is neither a psychiatric nor a psychosocial phenomenon.
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