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The nurse is assessing a client who is 12 hours post spinal cord injury at C-6. The client is flushed in appearance with hot and dry skin. The client's heart rate has dropped to 58 beats per minute and blood pressure dropped to 86/52 mmHg. The client's signs and symptoms are indicative of which complication? Spinal shock. Neurogenic shock. Cardiogenic shock. Hemorrhagic shock.
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