Answer to Question 1
ANS: D
The patient's statements reflect the use of the ego defense mechanism denial. This mechanism may be unconsciously used to protect the person from the emotionally overwhelming reality of rape. The patient's statements do not reflect somatic symptoms, repression, or projection.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: D
Anxiety is the result of a personal threat to the victim's safety and security. In this case, the patient's symptoms of rapid, dissociated speech, confusion, and indecisiveness indicate severe anxiety. Weak is not a level of anxiety. Mild and moderate levels of anxiety allow the patient to function at a higher level.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonverbal communication
In the communication technique of collaborating, the nurse sends the message that the nurse and pati
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Edward Bellamy, author of the utopian novel Looking Backward (1888) Bellamy’s socialism worried many
Nurse using a stethoscope
What is the volume of 1.51 x 1024 atoms of an unknown gas at STP?