While attempting to choose a nursing diagnosis, the nurse must decide whether the client is experiencing anxiety or fear. What key point would help the nurse make this decision?
A)
The source of fear is identifiable, but anxiety can be vague.
B)
Fear results in a physiologic response, while anxiety is psychologic.
C)
Anxiety generally is based in reality, fear is not.
D)
Anxiety is a milder form of fear.
A
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