A nurse is assigned to work with a client experiencing anxiety. The nurse recalls that anxiety is best described as a(n):
1. constant, ongoing process occurring along a continuum.
2. change or stimulus that evokes a response.
3. uneasy feeling, the source of which is nonspecific, accompanied by physical sensations.
4. uncomfortable feeling caused by psychological pressures and accompanied by cognitive changes.
ANS: 3
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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