A nurse is caring for a person who has experienced a minor injury following a fall.Which of the following physiological responses to stress would the nurse anticipate?

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Perception of threat stimulates a physiological pattern of neuroendocrine activation and behavioral changes mediated by the central nervous system.Nonetheless, in most cases this reaction is an adaptive, short-term, acute response to a stressor; this is first termed the fight-or-flight response and later called the stress response.The hypothalamus signals the sympathetic nervous system to release epinephrine and norepinephrine, along with other related hormones.A resultant state of arousal is characterized by increased levels of the following: metabolism, pulse rate, blood pressure, respirations, and muscle tension.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Person Who Has Experienced