Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 12

Number the stages of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) according to the signs and symptoms the nurse would expect to see (see Table 7-1).Use 1 for the Alarm stage, the first stage; 2 for the Resistance stage, the second stage; and 3 for the Exhaustion stage, the third stage.
a. Increased agitation
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b. Increased heart rate
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c. Continuous viral infections
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d. Bleeding ulcer
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e. Increased blood glucose levels
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f. no signs or symptoms evident.
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