An Experienced Nurse Working in Oncology Is Shocked to Realize

Multiple Choice

An experienced nurse working in oncology is shocked to realize that he/she feels little empathy when a patient explains,"I developed cancer from having to work in the dry cleaning industry since I was only 8 years old to help support my younger siblings during the depression.Now they have all moved away and refuse to help me financially,and it takes everything I have to pay for my chemotherapy medicine." What term is used to describe this situation?

A) Burnout
B) Compassion fatigue
C) Reality shock
D) Horizontal hostility