A client scheduled for surgery is demonstrating mild levels of stress. How should this stress level affect the client's recovery? Select all that apply
1. Increased alertness
2. Increased wound healing
3. Increased ability to learn
4. Increased ability to adjust to stressors
5. Increased adjustment to the environment
Rationale 1: Mild anxiety increases alertness.
Rationale 2: Anxiety level does not affect wound healing.
Rationale 3: Mild anxiety increases the ability to learn.
Rationale 4: Mild anxiety increases the ability to adjust to several simultaneous stressors.
Rationale 5: Mild anxiety increases the ability to assess and to adjust to the environment.
Global Rationale: Mild anxiety increases alertness, increases the ability to learn, and increases the ability to assess and to adjust to the environment. Mild anxiety also increases the ability to adjust to several simultaneous stressors. Anxiety level does not affect wound healing.
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