Malcolm Is a Patient in a Critical Care Unit

question 8

Multiple Choice

Malcolm is a patient in a critical care unit. The nurses on the unit have noted that Malcolm deals extremely poorly with both actual and potential stressors. In fact, every time a stressor arises, Malcolm seems to deteriorate further. Based on this description, the nurses would most likely place Malcolm:

• A) in level 1 with regard to the characteristic of vulnerability.
• B) in level 1 with regard to the characteristic of resource availability.
• C) in level 5 with regard to the characteristic of vulnerability.
• D) in level 5 with regard to the characteristic of resource availability.

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