A client who is a university student states that before taking an examination he feels a heightened
sense of awareness and a sense of restlessness. The nursing intervention most suitable for assisting
the client is to
a. explain his symptoms as resulting from mild anxiety and discuss the helpful
aspects of mild anxiety.
b. advise the client to discuss his experience with a physician or psychologist.
c. offer to obtain an order for an anxiolytic to be used when necessary.
d. listen without comment.
ANS: A
Teaching about symptoms of anxiety, their relation to precipitating stressors, and, in this case, the
positive effects of anxiety will serve to reassure the client. Options B and C imply a serious problem.
Option C will do no harm but deprives the client of health teaching.
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