Anxiety tends to:
a. Relieve pain
b. Increase pain
c. Promote sleep
d. Lessen fear and worry
B
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Being culturally sensitive, the nurse recognizes that the patient's actions are most likely a(n): a. sign of respect for the wisdom and exper-tise of the nurse. b. indication that he has no questions re-garding the care he is receiving. c. expression of discomfort discussing per-sonal matters. d. means of communicating his dissatisfac-tion with his care.
A patient says that she will never learn how to give herself insulin injections because she always "messes everything up" anyway. The nurse realizes this patient is demonstrating
a. guilt c. positive body image b. anxiety d. negative self-concept