Your organization is in the middle of re-designing patient care units,with decisions based on best practices and various other sources of evidence.In the middle of the transition,there is a temporary halt called to the transition because of a re-design of the health care system and greater emphasis on primary care.As a manager in this situation,your staff experience a gap between what they expected (the original re-design of the units)and what is actually happening (a need to integrate primary care in some way).According to Selye,the nurses on your nursing team are likely experiencing what?
A) Eustress
B) Distress
C) Stress
D) Compression

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Selye described stress as being on a continuum between stress that is positive (eustress)and stress that is negative (distress).Because individuals perceive the same event differently,from the information that is given,it is not possible to determine whether the nurses experience the events as eustress or distress; what is most likely is that the nurses are experiencing stress,which is what occurs when there is a gap between expectations and what is actually occurring.

Your Organization Is in the Middle of Re-Designing Patient Care