An LPN/LVN in RN school is experiencing frustration because the expectations of her as a nurse at work are very different from her role as a student in nursing school, and fulfilling both is sometimes confusing
This is known as which of the following? a. Role conflict
b. Dissociative behavior
c. Coping mechanism
d. License confusion
A
Role conflict may occur when expectations or requirements of competing roles are incompatible.
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