A staff nurse on a busy outpatient surgery unit comes to the manager and says, "I don't know what is going on. I just feel unsettled and anxious
" How should the manager interpret this statement? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. The nurse is trying to establish a problem for which days off will be necessary.
2. The nurse may be suffering from free-floating anxiety.
3. The nurse may be overstressed.
4. The nurse has compassion fatigue.
5. The nurse is about to experience post-traumatic stress disorder.
2,3
Rationale 1: There is no indication that the nurse is trying to make up an illness to get time away from work.
Rationale 2: Free-floating anxiety is anxiety that seems to have many alternating causes.
Rationale 3: Stress can cause these feelings of anxiety or fear.
Rationale 4: Compassion fatigue has much more serious symptoms than anxiety.
Rationale 5: There is no evidence of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Global Rationale:
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