A nurse is completing a history on a patient with role conflict. Which finding is consistent with role conflict?
a. A patient is unsure about job expectations in a fast-paced company.
b. A patient has to travel for work and misses children's birthdays.
c. A patient feels less of a man after a leg amputation.
d. A patient loses a job from the company's downsizing.
ANS: B
Role conflict results when a person has to simultaneously assume two or more roles that are inconsistent, contradictory, or mutually exclusive—for example, when a patient has to travel for work and misses children's birthdays. Role ambiguity is also common in employment situations. In complex, rapidly changing, or highly specialized organizations, employees often become unsure about job expectations. Feeling less of a man after a leg amputation is a body image and self-concept/self-esteem problem. Losing a job can lead to low self-esteem or loss of job identity.
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