You are ready to give your first injection to a client. You are worried about drawing the insulin up correctly. Your instructor asks you a question. You do not answer, so the instructor speaks louder to repeat the question
You look up, apologize, and state, "I didn't hear what you said!" In thinking about this, you recognize that you had which of the following levels of anxiety? a. mild
b. moderate
c. severe
d. panic
B
You are experiencing moderate anxiety as demonstrated by your selective inattention. Your perceptual field has narrowed causing you to be unable to focus on what the instructor is saying to you.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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1. "My husband and I plan to start a family as soon as possible." 2. "I forgot to take my potassium supplement today." 3. "Is it okay to take this with my warfarin?" 4. "It is so cloudy today." 5. "My 80-year-old mother is coming to visit today."
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a. Patterns of knowledge application b. A rigid approach for describing experiences c. Reducing phenomena to smallest properties d. Orientation to studying the nature of people's needs