Florence is a student nurse who has been involved in administering flu vaccines. Kevin, one of the children who is scheduled to receive the vaccine, is afraid of needles and is tearful, and his younger brother is trying to calm him down
Florence knows that Kevin has evaluated this event as significant and is experiencing psychological stress due to which of the following? A. Primary appraisal
B. Coping
C. Secondary appraisal
D. Dissociation
A
A person experiences stress only if the person evaluates the event or circumstance as personally significant. If primary appraisal results in the person identifying the event or circumstance as a harm, loss, threat, or challenge, the person has stress. After the recognition of stress, secondary appraisal focuses on possible coping strategies. Coping means trying to manage a situation a person appraised as potentially harmful or stressful.
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