A nurse who has worked with a client diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) when he was an inpatient on the psychiatric unit sees the client in the waiting room of the outpatient psychiatric clinic
The client motions to the nurse to come over so he can tell the nurse how things have been going since he was discharged. While talking with the client, the nurse determines that the client's therapy has been effective when the client states which of the following?
A) "I am still experiencing quite a bit of stress at home and at work; things are different at home than they were in the hospital."
B) "When my mother-in-law comes over now, I go out to my workshop and work on one of my projects."
C) "I'm still drinking coffee; I can't quit after drinking it all these years."
D) "I've learned having a beer after I get home from work helps me relax."
D
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