A client tells a nurse that she hates her mother, who paid little attention to her when she was growing up. The nurse is documenting the client's use of the defense mechanism of reaction formation.
Which client statement represents this defense mechanism?
A) I don't like to talk about my relationship with my mother.
B) It's my mother's fault that I feel this way.
C) I have a very wonderful mother whom I love very much.
D) My mom always loved my sister more than she loved me.
Question 2
Two clients are roommates in an inpatient psychiatric unit. Client A, who had been missing her gold locket, notices Client B wearing it several days later.
Which behavioral response should the nurse expect Client A to display if she were nonassertive?
A) Ignore the situation.
B) Discuss the situation with her nurse and develop a plan of action.
C) Immediately approach Client B and pull the necklace off her neck.
D) Offer to wash Client B's clothing for her and then accidentally spill bleach in the water.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonveral communication
Mask of an iyoba (queen mother), probably Idia, Court of Benin, Nigeria.
Models of Selective Attention in the Dichotic Listening Task
Position the client
Client is positioned