The client's family had many surgical experiences with complications. Which does the nurse use to understand the client's stress in the perioperative period?
1. Anxiolytics relieve client stress quickly.
2. Stressors develop from client perceptions.
3. The stress is easily identified and managed.
4. Stress is unrelated to environmental factors.
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2. The client's perceptions of the perioperative experience create a point of reference on which the client evaluates the situation; and, because the client's family has had surgeries with complications, the client's perceptions of surgery are probably negative. The client potentially expects the worst and views any problem or inconvenience as another negative experience or complication.
1. Anxiolytics can relieve stress quickly by sedating the client; this does nothing to resolve the client's stressor.
3. Stressors can be difficult to identify but are usually more difficult to manage.
4. Stress can develop from hereditary and environmental factors.
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