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In the movie Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara says, 'I'll think about that tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day.' The nurse recognizes the defense mechanism of
Correct Answer: repression
Rationale: Repression is an unconscious barring of anxiety-producing thoughts.
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The nurse uses a diagram to show how the four parts of 'self' fit together. What are the four parts?
- A. Body image
- B. Ego
- C. Self-esteem
- D. Role
- E. Identity
Correct Answer: A,C,D,E
Rationale: The four parts of the 'self' are body image, self-esteem, role, and identity.
The patient complains to the nurse that the health care provider does not like him and wants him to fail at following the diet prescribed. The nurse recognizes that the patient is using which defense mechanism?
- A. Conversion
- B. Projection
- C. Introjection
- D. Repression
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Projection is attributing to other's characteristics that the person does not want to acknowledge.
What coping mechanism demonstrated by a patient should indicate to the nurse that the patient is seeking ways to deal with and resolve stress?
- A. Projection
- B. Adaptation
- C. Reaction formation
- D. Compensation
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An individual who develops ways to deal with stress and resolve it has adapted.
Using Freud's personality theory, what action by a patient identifies the influence of the superego?
- A. Eating an entire chocolate pie
- B. Becoming anxious about having no visitors
- C. Monopolizing the attention of the health care provider
- D. Returning a $5 bill that another patient left on the table
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The superego is the mediator between right and wrong (the conscience).
What does any event that requires change stimulate?
- A. Anger
- B. Depression
- C. Stress
- D. Anxiety
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Any event that requires change leads to stress, which is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand.