To plan effective care for patients with somatic system disorders, the nurse should understand that patients have difficulty giving up the symptoms because the symptoms:
a. Are generally chronic.
b. Have a physiological basis.
c. Can be voluntarily controlled.
d. Provide relief from health anxiety.
ANS: D
At the unconscious level, the patient's primary gain from the symptoms is anxiety relief. Considering that the symptoms actually make the patient more psychologically comfortable and may also provide a secondary gain, patients frequently and fiercely cling to the symptoms. The symptoms tend to be chronic; however, this does not explain why they are difficult to give up. The symptoms are not under voluntary control or physiologically based.
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