A Nurse Is Evaluating a Client's Response to Stress

question 4

Multiple Choice

A nurse is evaluating a client's response to stress.What would indicate to the nurse that the client is experiencing a secondary appraisal of the stressful event?

• A) When the individual judges the event to be benign
• B) When the individual judges the event to be irrelevant
• C) When the individual judges the resources and skills needed to deal with the event
• D) When the individual judges the event to be pleasurable

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