Jenny has recently been promoted to a new management position in her hospital. She is concerned about her new responsibilities and has found that she is having difficulty sleeping at night. This is an example of what ego-defense mechanism?
A. Compensation
B. Denial
C. Conversion
D. Displacement
C
Conversion is unconsciously repressing an anxiety-producing emotional conflict and transforming it into nonorganic symptoms (e.g., difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite).
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a. absent c. rubra b. alba d. serosa
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A) A bone marrow aspiration B) A Schilling test C) A thoracentesis D) A urine sample
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a. All women, regardless of risk factors. b. A woman who has had more than one sexual partner. c. A woman who has had a sexually transmitted infection. d. A woman who is monogamous with her partner.
The caregivers of a child just diagnosed with diabetes express concern that they won't remember the different signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. As a result, they are afraid they won't handle an emergency correctly
The best initial response by the nurse would be to: A) instruct them to treat the reaction as if it's hypoglycemia, which is more likely. B) repeat the signs and symptoms over and over until they seem to understand. C) suggest that the child wear an insulin pump for continuous insulin administration. D) give the caregivers educational pamphlets and videos about diabetes.