The nurse is alert for sympathetic responses to pain, such as:
1. increased blood pressure, increased pulse, increased respiratory rate.
2. decreased blood pressure, decreased pulse, increased respiratory rate.
3. increased blood pressure, decreased pulse, increased respiratory rate.
4. decreased blood pressure, decreased pulse, decreased respiratory rate.
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The sympathetic nervous system controls blood pressure, pulse, and respiration and is stim-ulated during pain.
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