While Working with an Anxious Patient,the Nurse Begins to Feel

question 48

Multiple Choice

While working with an anxious patient,the nurse begins to feel tense and jittery and notices that she is having difficulty concentrating on what the patient is telling her.How can this be explained? The nurse is experiencing:

• A) introjected anxiety.
• B) secondary anxiety.
• C) contagious anxiety.
• D) maturational anxiety.

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