A client involved in a motor vehicle accident has elevations of pulse, blood pressure, and respiratory rate. After major physical injury is ruled out,
the nurse concludes that these signs may be the result of which of the following stages of the stress response in the general adaptation syndrome?
1. alarm reaction
2. resistance
3. exhaustion
4. all of the above
ANS: 1
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