At the encouragement of her husband, a client has sought care because of the overwhelming anxiety she experiences surrounding her young children's safety
The client admits that she will not normally let her children leave her sight for fear that they will be abducted, abused, or injured and that she lives with a constant, underlying anxiety for their safety. The nurse would recognize that this client experiences what?
A) Signal anxiety
B) Fear
C) Anticipatory anxiety
D) Free-floating anxiety
Ans: D
Free-floating anxiety is anxiety that is always present and is accompanied by a feeling of dread. The client's anxiety lacks the specificity of signal anxiety or anticipatory anxiety and the lack of a plausible threat differentiates it from fear.
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