Kelly is a nursing student who has been assigned to care for a 67-year-old postoperative patient who is very demanding. She was late for clinical rounds because she had to change the tire on her car
Kelly is in the process of preparing pain medication for her patient when her nursing instructor asks her to identify the drug classification of the pain medication she is preparing. Kelly finds the she is very frustrated and becomes tearful. Kelly's reaction to her instructor is most likely due to what ego-defense mechanism? A. Compensation
B. Conversion
C. Denial
D. Dissociation
B
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 determination that findings in a qualitative study are applicable to other populations is an evaluation of a study's
a. generalizability. b. reliability. c. transferability. d. validity.
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a. "I am able to avoid obsessive thinking." b. "I can tolerate the anxiety caused by obsessive thinking." c. "I no longer have any anxiety when I have obsessive thoughts." d. "I no longer feel a compulsion to perform rituals."