A nursing assistant has failed a prerequisite course toward admission to nursing school and states,"I will always be only a nursing assistant and never an RN." Her nursing advisor understands this is an example of which automatic thought?

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Overgeneralization occurs when sweeping conclusions are made on the basis of one incident.Because the student failed a prerequisite nursing course,the student overgeneralizes that the goal of being an RN will never be attained.

A Nursing Assistant Has Failed a Prerequisite Course Toward Admission