When the nurse suggests the patient communicate to her employer how overwhelmed she is by the workload,the patient responds,"Yes but I'll get fired if I do that." According to transactional analysis theory,this is an example of a(n) _____ transaction.

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This is an example of the "Why don't you? Yes,but..." game.On the surface the game involves two adults solving problems; in reality,one person is using the child ego state to show what a bad parent the other person is.

When the Nurse Suggests the Patient Communicate to Her Employer