A Patient Is Transferred to the Intensive Care Unit in Neurogenic

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient is transferred to the intensive care unit in neurogenic shock. The patient's wife asks what is happening. Which of these responses should the nurse give?

• A)"Your husband's heart has failed as a pump that moves blood around the body."
• B)"Your husband's blood vessels have dilated and lowered his blood pressure."
• C)"Your husband has decreased circulating blood volume."
• D)"Your husband is having an allergic reaction."

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