Which of the following represents an extrinsic barrier to caring and learning ways to provide family care?
1. An attitude that caring is innate and cannot be learned
2. An assumption that family care takes too much time
3. Fear of becoming too involved with the individual or family
4. An expectation to meet workplace outcomes
ANS: 4
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1 Nurse attitudes represent intrinsic barriers to caring.
2 Assumptions made by the nurse represent intrinsic barriers to caring.
3 The nurses fears represent intrinsic barriers to caring.
4 Expectations from others in the workplace are extrinsic to the nurse but can act as barriers to caring.
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