A nurse has been counseling a client with generalized anxiety disorder to increase the client's
anxiety self-control. The client has identified several stressful situations that cause physical and
psychological manifestations of anxiety.
The indicator the nurse should monitor relative to the
Nursing Outcomes Classification outcome of anxiety self-control is
a. plans coping strategies for stressful situations.
b. identifies situations that precipitate hostility.
c. refrains from destroying property.
d. identifies alternatives to aggression.
ANS: A
This indicator is directly related to having identified situations that precipitate anxiety. The other
options are indicators of aggression self-control.
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