A patient on the surgical unit is 1 day postoperative for surgery to remove stomach cancer.In addition to the physiological stress this patient has undergone,the nurse recognizes that this patient will have to deal with the psychological stress of finding out that the cancer has metastasized to the liver.Which physiological change would the nurse expect to see as a response to stress?
A) Decreased heart rate
B) Increased hemoptysis output
C) Increased respiratory rate
D) Decreased cardiac output

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A continuous state of stress increases the body's metabolic rate and the oxygen demand.The body responds to stress by an increased rate and depth of respiration and increased cardiac output.Hemoptysis,bloody sputum,does not occur in stress.

A Patient on the Surgical Unit Is 1 Day Postoperative