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captainjonesify · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A new nurse works with clients to teach assertiveness and ways that they can improve their communication. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for clients needing assistance with assertiveness?

A) Disturbed personal identity
B) Disturbed thought processes
C) Defensive coping
D) Impaired verbal communication

Question 2

A female client who is very emotional admits to a nurse that her father physically abused her as a child. The next day, the client recants her statement and denies that she was ever abused as a child.

The client states, I tend to exaggerate when I am upset. According to psychoanalytic theory, this memory is most likely stored in which part of the consciousness?
A) Conscience
B) Conscious
C) Preconscious
D) Unconscious