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A patient who has survived a motor vehicle accident has just learned that the passenger in the car has died. The police are attempting to obtain information from the survivor, but the patient is unable to recall even being in the car.
 
  The nurse on duty realizes this is:
  A) Dissociation
  B) Denial
  C) Regression
  D) Transference

Question 2

A patient with borderline personality disorder approaches you and voices concern that he or she is being ignored and feels unimportant.
 
  The patient blames the nursing staff for these feelings because the nurses are not paying attention to him or her. Your best therapeutic response to this patient is:
  A) I will bring it up at our next meeting.
  B) It's all in your imagination.
  C) Tell me more about your feeling of 'being ignored.'
  D) You need to share your feelings with the individual nurses you feel are ignoring you.


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mohan

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D


casperchen82

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Reply #2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thank you :)


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Reply #3 on: Jul 19, 2018
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