Next Gen Quiz: Neurological Emergencies in Spinal Cord Injury Next Gen NCLEX Quiz: Neurological Emergencies in Spinal Cord Injury A patient with a spinal cord injury is recovering from spinal shock. The nurse should not allow the patient's bladder to become full because of the risk of what emergency condition? 1. autonomic dysreflexia 2. autonomic crisis 3. autonomic shutdown 4. autonomic failure Δ