While working with an anxious patient, the nurse begins to feel tense and jittery and notices that she is having difficulty concentrating on what the patient is telling her. How can this be explained? The nurse is experiencing:
a. introjected anxiety.
b. secondary anxiety.
c. contagious anxiety.
d. maturational anxiety.
C
Anxiety can be "contagious," in that it is transmissible from one person to another. The outward indications of anxiety in the first person (e.g., tremor, restlessness, apprehension) are noted by others, who respond empathetically and/or sympathetically. Introjection is a defense mechanism that would not lead to increased anxiety in others. Secondary anxiety is associated with a physical disorder. Maturational anxiety arises from a situation in which a threat is present to achievement of a maturational or developmental task.
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