After a physician reprimanded a staff nurse for not reporting the patient's vital signs, the staff nurse began experiencing a severe migraine headache
The staff nurse then asked the nurse manager if he could take a sick day and leave the unit. The staff nurse was coping with the physician's reprimand by:
a.
Displacement
b.
Denial
c.
Somatization
d.
Regression
ANS: C
An individual may unconsciously convert an emotional conflict into physical symptoms (somatization), such as the common headache.
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