A nurse is counseling a woman following a rape. While caring for this client, the nurse would classify this trauma as which type of crisis and provide care accordingly?

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A situational crisis is a stressful, disruptive event arising from external circumstances that occur suddenly, often without warning, to a person, group, aggregate, or community. A developmental crisis is periods of disruption that occur at transition points during normal growth and development. Different kinds of crises can overlap in actual experience, compounding the stress felt by the persons involved. Crisis resolution can be an adaptive process in which growth and improved health occur, or it can be maladaptive, resulting in illness or death.

A Nurse Is Counseling a Woman Following a Rape