A Patient with a Spinal Cord Injury Is Recovering from Spinal

question 27

Multiple Choice

A patient with a spinal cord injury is recovering from spinal shock. The nurse realizes that the patient should not develop a full bladder because what emergency condition can occur if it is not corrected quickly?

• A) Autonomic dysreflexia
• B) Autonomic crisis
• C) Autonomic shutdown
• D) Autonomic failure

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