A nurse determines that a patient with a fear of insects has mastered the first step in a systematic desensitization process when the patient is able to:
a. relax the muscles of the body.
b. look at a picture of an insect in a book.
c. rate anxiety produced by various insects.
d. touch a clear glass bottle containing an insect.
A
With systematic desensitization, the patient must first be able to relax the muscles. Next, the patient constructs a hierarchy of the anxiety-producing situation (insects) by ranking them from 1 to 10 . The patient then proceeds to work through the hierarchy, using muscle relaxation to maintain a relaxation response in the face of fearful stimuli.
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