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The client states, "No one will let me eat or drink anything until after my test and it's been 9 hours since I last ate anything." While auscultating the client's abdomen, the nurse hears frequent bowel sounds. How will the nurse document this finding in the medical record?
Defense Mechanism
Psychological strategies used unconsciously by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety and to manage emotional conflict and internal or external stressors.
Repression
A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are excluded from conscious awareness.
Psychosexual Stage
A concept in Freudian psychology referring to the series of developmental stages children go through, where each stage is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of a child's psychosexual energy.
Latency Stage
A phase in Freudian psychosexual development occurring from age six to puberty, characterized by a decrease in sexual interest and activity.
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