While attempting to choose a nursing diagnosis, the nurse must decide whether a client is experiencing anxiety or fear. Which key point would allow the nurse to plan care based on the nursing diagnosis of Anxiety?
A) The source of fear is identifiable, but anxiety may be vague.
B) Anxiety is a milder form of fear.
C) Fear results in a physiologic response, whereas anxiety is psychological.
D) Anxiety is generally based in reality, whereas fear is not.
Answer: A
The source of fear is identifiable, but anxiety is vague. Fear and anxiety can both be based in reality or may not be based in reality. Both fear and anxiety can have physiologic and psychological components. Fear and anxiety are different, so anxiety is not just a milder form of fear.
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