At the crisis center a staff nurse tells the nurse clinician, "The client is dealing with an internal crisis situation." Which situation would qualify as a trigger for that designation?
1. Marital breakup
2. Job loss
3. Death of a friend
4. Loss of religious faith
ANS: 4
Internal (subjective) crises are threats to a person's well-being that are not so obvious to the out-side observer. Some are associated with phase-of-life events. Loss of faith in a supreme being would exemplify an internal crisis. The other options are considered external (situational) crises.
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