The nurse has an adequate understanding of transitions when making which statement about situational transitions?
a. "This type of transition can occur with leadership change.".
b. "This type of transition occurs only when one is dealing with a chronic illness.".
c. "This type of transition can occur when one has a career change.".
d. "This type of transition occurs during a midlife crises.".
C
A situational transition occurs from change to from one situation to another, such as a career change. Dealing with a chronic illness would be characteristic of a health–illness transition, a leadership change would be an organizational transition, and a midlife crises would be a deve-lopmental transition.
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