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NCLEX-RN · Question #790
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Question
A 40-year-old client has been admitted to the hospital with severe substernal chest pain radiating down his left arm. The nurse caring for the client establishes the following priority nursing diagnosis--Alteration in comfort, pain related to:
Options
- AIncreased excretion of lactic acid due to myocardial hypoxia
- BIncreased blood flow through the coronary arteries
- CDecreased stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system
- DDecreased secretion of catecholamines secondary to anxiety
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