The nurse is caring for a client with early shock. The nurse understands that which mechanism in the body is maintaining the client's blood flow?
A) The kidneys respond to poor perfusion by activating the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.
B) Baroreceptors respond to the increase in heart rate by increasing sympathetic outflow to the heart and blood vessels.
C) The body's blood vessels are constricted as a result of parasympathetic stimulation.
D) The cardiovascular center in the brain responds by slowing the pulse and increasing cardiac contractility.
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