A Patient Wants to Know What Can Cause ACTH to Be

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient wants to know what can cause ACTH to be released.How should the nurse respond?

• A) High serum levels of cortisol
• B) Hypotension
• C) Hypoglycemia
• D) Stress

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities Schedule

A graphical representation that shows the different combinations of two goods or services that can be produced within a given time period, provided that available resources and technology are static.

Consumer Goods

Goods that are produced for direct consumption by the end user.

Capital Goods

Long-term assets purchased by businesses to produce goods and services.

Production Possibility Frontier

A curve depicting all maximum output possibilities for two or more goods given a set of inputs (resources), assuming all resources are fully utilized.