Maya Has Been a Nurse for Ten Years

question 29

Multiple Choice

Maya has been a nurse for ten years.She is exhausted from limitless caring about her patients and appears to be suffering from

• A)emotional distancing
• B)compassion fatigue
• C)physician impairment
• D)conscientiousness
• E)perfectionism

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Definitions:

Others' Behaviors

Pertains to the actions or conduct of people other than oneself, often considered in the context of their effects or implications.

Internal Attributions

These refer to the inference that a person's behavior is due to something intrinsic to them, such as their personality, attitude, or effort.

External Attributions

The process of attributing the cause of one's own or others' behaviors to external factors or the situation.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to underestimate situational influences and overestimate personal traits when explaining others' behaviors.