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lak

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One of your patients has just received a diagnosis of terminal cancer. You go to speak with the patient and find him or her talking on the phone.
 
  The patient sees you and laughingly responds, What are you all so concerned about? The tests were obviously wrong. I'm not that sick He or she is displaying:
  A) Transference
  B) Regression
  C) Denial
  D) Identification

Question 2

You are caring for a patient who has been treated for major depression, with suicidal tendencies. The patient has progressed in a positive manner, denies feeling suicidal, and is due to be discharged tomorrow.
 
  On rounds, you notice that the door to the unit is uncharacteristicall y open and the patient is not in his or her room. You find the patient hanging by a bed sheet in the chapel. Your reaction to this case is:
  A) Where there is a will, there is a way.
  B) The patient was due to be discharged; therefore, he or she was on independent care and allowed to come and go freely.
  C) The patient should have been more carefully observed and better anticipated by the nursing staff.
  D) The patient no longer showed symptoms of suicidal ideation so there was no need for close supervision.


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

C

Answer to Question 2

C


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