The nurse is consulting with a client who verbalizes extreme stress. When the nurse asks the client how life is treating him or her, which response represents hardiness in character?
A) "I am making it through and just barely holding on."
B) "Life is challenging. I take it as it comes."
C) "I am not able to juggle all of the balls of life."
D) "What can you do, it is what it is."
B
Feedback:
The nurse would be correct to select the response that represents the effective coping style of hardiness as the client that identifies life as a challenge but coping with life situations as they arise. Clients who respond negatively with a sense of helplessness or indifferent are not representing hardiness.
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