After caring for a patient with a personality disorder the nurse states,"At first I thought this was such a nice person.Now I realize it's like working with the devil." The two different views held by the nurse are most likely the result of:

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Countertransference,a therapist's strong reaction to the patient,should be suspected when the nurse expresses excessively strong positive feelings or excessively strong negative feelings.In this nurse's statement,we see that the countertransference has shifted from positive to negative.

After Caring for a Patient with a Personality Disorder the Nurse