While Talking with a Patient Who Was Just Recently Diagnosed

question 12

Multiple Choice

While talking with a patient who was just recently diagnosed with breast cancer,the nurse asks the patient how she is coping with her responsibilities of being a wife,a mother,and now a cancer patient.The nurse is attempting to determine the patient's pattern of response to the change trigger by assessing the patient's:

• A)Engagement.
• B)Level of confidence.
• C)Location.
• D)Mastery.

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, pioneered psychoanalysis, a therapeutic approach for addressing mental disorders through conversations between a psychoanalyst and their patient.

Ethical

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.

Ego Ideal

In psychoanalysis, the part of the mind that serves as a standard for what one wants to achieve in terms of ethics, ambition, and self-regard.

Superego Component

Part of Freud's psychoanalytic theory representing the moral conscience and ideals adopted from parents and society.