The nurse is responsible for preoperative teaching for a patient who is mildly anxious about receiving pain medications postoperatively. The nurse recognizes that this level of anxiety may a impede...

The nurse is responsible for preoperative teaching for a patient who is mildly anxious about receiving pain medications postoperatively. The nurse recognizes that this level of anxiety may a impede learning because anxiety is always a barrier to learning. b lead to major emotional unsteadiness. c result in learning by increasing the patient’s motivation to learn. d reorganize the patient’s thoughts and lead to inadequate potential for learning.