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A 60-year-old male attends a smoking cessation class. He tells the nurse, Even though I smoke, I don't smoke around children, in my car, or in my house Which defense mechanism is this male exhibiting?
 
  a. Displacement
  b. Rationalization
  c. Denial
  d. Repression

Question 2

The nurse is working on an orthopedic unit in the local hospital. While assessing her patient the patient states,
 
  Ever since we had the earthquake in California I can't sleep for fear of another one happening during the night, and I just keep having flashbacks of the earthquake. The nurse knows that these patient statements are most consistent with:
  a. Anxiety
  b. Lack of coping skills
  c. Post-traumatic stress disorder
  d. Crisis



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GCabra

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C




strangeaffliction

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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