A patient hurriedly tells the community mental health nurse, "Everything's a disaster! I can't concentrate. My disability check didn't come. My roommate moved out, and I can't afford the rent. My therapist is moving away. I feel like I'm coming apart." Nursing interventions should be focused on which problem?

A) Assisting the patient to clarify personal values
B) Coping with feelings of abandonment
C) Coping with anxiety that may lead to psychological disequilibrium
D) Clarifying misperceptions of the environment,

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Taylor Green · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Subjective and objective data suggest the patient is experiencing anxiety caused by multiple threats to security needs; therefore, interventions will focus on assisting the patient to cope with anxiety. While the patient may have feelings of abandonment, this is only one aspect of the anxiety. Data are not present to suggest the patient's personal values are unclear or that the patient is misperceiving the environment.

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