The nurse caring for a client who has been diagnosed as having generalized anxiety disorder tells a
preceptor "I find myself feeling uncomfortable and anxious around the client.
When he starts
trembling and perspiring and pacing, I find myself with cold, clammy hands and my pulse races. I
start worrying whether I will be able to help him stay in control.". In such an interaction the client
will most likely experience
a. fatigue.
b. claustrophobia.
c. increased anxiety.
d. improved self-esteem.
ANS: C
Anxiety is transmissible interpersonally. The client who "tunes in" to the nurse's anxiety usually
experiences heightening of his or her own anxiety. Option A: The client's immediate reaction would
be heightened anxiety rather than fatigue. Option B: Claustrophobia is rarely the outcome of
empathized anxiety. Option D: Improved self-esteem would not result from empathic anxiety.
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