Author Question: A nursing assistant tells the nurse, I'm feeling negative about my job and just about everything ... (Read 29 times)

Yolanda · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A nursing assistant tells the nurse, I'm feeling negative about my job and just about everything else these days. Like today, I found myself feeling angry with Mrs. X. because she's overweight.

I felt like telling her if she didn't eat so much, she'd make my life a lot easier. I need a vacation or a new job. The nurse can correctly determine that the nursing assistant is experiencing feelings associated with

a. spitefulness.
b. home conflicts.
c. burnout.
d. detachment.

Question 2

A student nurse tells a peer, I find myself constantly thinking about patient X and the problems she's experiencing. Sometimes, it makes me want to cry. If only I had a magic wand and could make things better for her

The peer to whom this is revealed can correctly determine that the student nurse is experiencing

a. empathy for the patient.
b. sympathy for the patient.
c. therapeutic involvement.
d. burnout.

Pswine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Lack of caring about patients, blaming patients for their illnesses, and negative self-views are danger signals of burnout. The scenario describes more than spitefulness; it is not suggestive of home conflicts; and it does not suggest detachment.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The student nurse describes feelings of sympathy and overinvolvement. Empathy is a respectful, objective concern. Therapeutic involvement suggests overinvolvement, which is not therapeutic. The statements made in the scenario do not constitute burnout; however, sympathetic responses by nurses leave them vulnerable to burnout.