While working with an anxious client, the nurse begins to feel tense and jittery and notices that she
is having difficulty concentrating on what the client is telling her. How can this be explained? The
nurse is experiencing
a. introjected anxiety.
b. secondary anxiety.
c. empathized anxiety.
d. maturational anxiety.
ANS: C
Anxiety is transmissible from one person to another through empathy, the ability to experience
another's feelings. Option A: Introjected anxiety is an illogical answer; introjection is a defense
mechanism. Option B: Secondary anxiety is associated with a physical disorder. Option D:
Maturational anxiety arises from a situation in which a threat is present to achievement of a
developmental task.
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