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sheilaspns · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

While working with an anxious client, the nurse begins to feel tense and jittery and notices that she
is having difficulty concentrating on what the client is telling her. How can this be explained? The
nurse is experiencing

a. introjected anxiety.
b. secondary anxiety.
c. empathized anxiety.
d. maturational anxiety.

Question 2

An autistic child engages in head banging and biting his fist. The nurse can evaluate the plan of care
as effective when the child

a. seeks help from staff to avoid engaging in these behaviors.
b. has to be placed in a basket hold to stop these behaviors.
c. wears padded mittens to prevent injury to his hands.
d. hits other children instead of self-mutilating.

14vl19 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Anxiety is transmissible from one person to another through empathy, the ability to experience
another's feelings. Option A: Introjected anxiety is an illogical answer; introjection is a defense
mechanism. Option B: Secondary anxiety is associated with a physical disorder. Option D:
Maturational anxiety arises from a situation in which a threat is present to achievement of a
developmental task.

Answer to Question 2

A
Seeking intervention to prevent self-mutilation signifies understanding of the relation between
feelings and behaviors, a mark of progress for an autistic individual. Options B and C do not suggest
client self-control of the behaviors. Option D is not a desirable substitution.