A new nurse mentions, "I can understand a situational crisis upsetting a person's equilibrium, but I don't understand how something positive, like getting married or having a baby, can precipitate a crisis."
To explain, the mentor should answer, "You need to think of a crisis as a(n):
1. threat to the familiar."
2. threat to survival."
3. opportunity to learn."
4. psychiatric disorder."
ANS: 1
By viewing a crisis as a threat to the norm, it is possible to understand why even positive events, such as winning the lottery, may provoke a crisis. Option 2 indicates how the nurse currently views a crisis. Option 3 does not address the nurse's question. Option 4 is incorrect because crises are not considered discrete psychiatric disorders.
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