Author Question: A psychiatricmental health nurse has had four patients attempt suicide in the past few months. She ... (Read 55 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A psychiatricmental health nurse has had four patients attempt suicide in the past few months. She feels as if she is wasting her time with her clients and that she is having no impact on their mental health. This nurse may be experiencing what?

A) Denial
B) Transference
C) Burnout
D) Horizontal violence

Question 2

Over the past year, an experienced psychiatricmental health nurse has been having negative interactions with other nurses that he works with.

One day when he knew the unit would be very busy, he called in sick because he knew it would make the shift difficult for the other nurses. What is this nurse's behavior an example of?
A) Aggressiveness
B) Assertiveness
C) Passive-aggressiveness
D) Passive-assertiveness

amynguyen1221 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Burnout is an emotional state characterized by exhaustion, a diminished sense of personal accomplishment, and cynicism.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Passive-aggressive behavior undermines the effectiveness of other nurses' work. An example of passive-aggressive behavior is when a nurse resists requests for adequate daily performance but expresses this resistance indirectly, hence the description as passive. Such resistance might take the form of procrastination, calling in sick, dawdling, intentional inefficiency, or forgetfulness.