A client tells a nurse that she hates her mother, who paid little attention to her when she was growing up. The nurse is documenting the client's use of the defense mechanism of reaction formation
Which client statement represents this defense mechanism?
A) "I don't like to talk about my relationship with my mother."
B) "It's my mother's fault that I feel this way."
C) "I have a very wonderful mother whom I love very much."
D) "My mom always loved my sister more than she loved me."
C
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1. anxiety. 2. an abdominal infection. 3. a medication reaction. 4. a diurnal variation
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a. percentages of total body surface area (TBSA) b. terms of how deep the deepest burns are c. the severity of the burns on a 1 to 5 burn scale d. the amount of body surface that is unburned
When caring for patients with musculoskeletal disorders, if you need to move the patients for any reason, do it slowly and ________ their body parts.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).