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A Nurse Is Doing an Assessment of a Patient Who

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A nurse is doing an assessment of a patient who has returned from a cardiac catheterization and had conscious sedation.Which finding should the nurse report?


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Stress

A psychological and physical response to demands or threats, real or perceived, that exceed an individual's resources or coping strategies.

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

A scale that measures the amount of stress in a person's life over a certain period of time due to major life changes.

Total Events

The aggregate number of occurrences within a specified period of time or in a given scenario.

Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

A scale developed by Holmes and Rahe to measure stress levels in individuals by assigning numerical values to various life events.

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