When you ask your patient whether he wants his pain medication, he says to you, "I don't know, whatever you think is best." You realize that this is a maladaptive coping mechanism called:
1. powerlessness.
2. helplessness.
3. denial.
4. depression.
1
The patient feels that he has lost control of his situation and has started to defer decisions about his care to others.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1242
OBJ: 6 TOP: Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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