When caring for a client who has experienced a massive trauma, the nurse recognizes that the response of the autonomic nervous system to stress correlates with the following assessment finding:
A)
increased peristalsis
B)
decreased pulse
C)
dilated pupils
D)
urinary urgency
C
Explanation:
A)
Stress stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, causing increased pulse and BP and pupil and bronchial dilatation. The parasympathetic branch regulates digestion and elimination and would increase GI motility and bladder emptying.
Application
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
B)
Stress stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, causing increased pulse and BP and pupil and bronchial dilatation. The parasympathetic branch regulates digestion and elimination and would increase GI motility and bladder emptying.
Application
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
C)
Stress stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, causing increased pulse and BP and pupil and bronchial dilatation. The parasympathetic branch regulates digestion and elimination and would increase GI motility and bladder emptying.
Application
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
D)
Stress stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, causing increased pulse and BP and pupil and bronchial dilatation. The parasympathetic branch regulates digestion and elimination and would increase GI motility and bladder emptying.
Application
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
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