When caring for a person who has experienced pain for 3 days,anxiety is likely to produce which physical signs that a nurse would expect to find?
A) Fever and muscle weakness or reports of fatigue
B) Irritability and depression or reports of constipation
C) Decreased blood pressure or reports of fatigue
D) Increased heart rate and respiratory rate with diaphoresis

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Anxiety is common in acute pain states and is usually apparent in the alterations of vital signs and can include elevation of blood sugar levels,decreases in gastric acid secretion and intestinal motility,and a general decrease in blood flow to the viscera and skin.Nausea occasionally occurs.The other symptoms are not generally associated with an anxiety response to acute pain.

When Caring for a Person Who Has Experienced Pain for 3