Malcolm Is a Patient in a Critical Care Unit

Multiple Choice

Malcolm is a patient in a critical care unit. The nurses on the unit have noted that Malcolm deals extremely poorly with both actual and potential stressors. In fact, every time a stressor arises, Malcolm seems to deteriorate further. Based on this description, the nurses would most likely place Malcolm:

A) in level 1 with regard to the characteristic of vulnerability.
B) in level 1 with regard to the characteristic of resource availability.
C) in level 5 with regard to the characteristic of vulnerability.
D) in level 5 with regard to the characteristic of resource availability.