An Experienced Nurse Working in Oncology Is Shocked to Realize

question 17

Multiple Choice

An experienced nurse working in oncology is shocked to realize that he feels little empathy when a patient explains, "I developed cancer from having to work in the dry cleaning industry since I was only 8 years old to help support my younger siblings during the depression. Now they have all moved away and refuse to help me financially, and it takes everything I have to pay for my chemotherapy medicine." The nurse is experiencing:

• A) burnout.
• B) compassion fatigue.
• C) reality shock.
• D) horizontal hostility.

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Definitions:

CIO

The Congress of Industrial Organizations, a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from the 1930s until its merger with the AFL in 1955.

AFL

The American Federation of Labor, a historic federation of labor unions in the United States.

Minorities

Groups within a population that are distinguished by racial, ethnic, religious, or cultural identity and often experience differential treatment or representation.

AFL and CIO

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, a federation of labor unions in the United States.