The Nurse Manager Is Conducting a Performance Review with a Nurse

Multiple Choice

The nurse manager is conducting a performance review with a nurse who has worked on the unit for 10 years. During the review, the nurse begins to cry and tells the manager, "I just can't do this anymore. I can't sleep because I have such bad nightmares about patients. I can't eat and I've already lost 15 pounds." The nurse manager identifies these findings as being possible signs of which problem?

A) Moral distress
B) Too much focus on the patient
C) Developing incompetence
D) Problems at home