Six months after being raped,a woman tells the nurse that she has nightmares about the incident and develops acute anxiety if she finds herself alone in situations where several men are present.What is an appropriate nursing diagnosis that the nurse will document for this patient?

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Rape-trauma syndrome is a nursing diagnosis that describes the response of a person to the traumatic event of rape. The woman's symptoms of nightmares and anxiety in certain situations are consistent with this syndrome. Option A is too vague and does not specify the cause of the anxiety. Option C only addresses one symptom of the syndrome. Option D may be a secondary diagnosis but doesn't encompass the primary response to the rape.

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