While Attempting to Choose a Nursing Diagnosis,the Nurse Must Decide

question 56

Multiple Choice

While attempting to choose a nursing diagnosis,the nurse must decide whether a client is experiencing anxiety or fear.Which key point would allow the nurse to plan care based on the nursing diagnosis of Anxiety?

• A) The source of fear is identifiable, but anxiety may be vague.
• B) Anxiety is a milder form of fear.
• C) Fear results in a physiologic response, whereas anxiety is psychological.
• D) Anxiety is generally based in reality, whereas fear is not.

---

Definitions:

Labeling

The process of classifying or describing someone or something in a specific way, often based on preconceived notions.

Schachter and Singer

Psychologists known for their theory on emotion, proposing that physiological arousal and cognitive labeling based on environmental context jointly contribute to the experience of emotions.

Cannon-Bard Theory

A theory of emotion that suggests emotions and bodily responses occur simultaneously, rather than one causing the other.

Emotional Response

An individual's psychological reaction to an external stimulus, which can involve feelings, behaviors, and physiological changes.