The Intensive Care Nurse Caring for a Patient in Shock

Multiple Choice

The intensive care nurse caring for a patient in shock is planning assessments and interventions related to the patients nutritional needs. What physiologic process contributes to these increased nutritional needs?

A) The use of albumin as an energy source by the body because of the need for increased adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
B) The loss of fluids due to decreased skin integrity and decreased stomach acids due to increased parasympathetic activity
C) The release of catecholamines that creates an increase in metabolic rate and caloric requirements
D) The increase in GI peristalsis during shock and the resulting diarrhea