A Nurse Working in the Emergency Department Is Seeing an Older

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nurse working in the emergency department is seeing an older patient who does not speak English well.The nurse calls for an interpreter.The student wants to know why the patient's minor child,who speaks English,cannot interpret.What response by the nurse is best? (Select all that apply. )

• A)The child may not accurately translate.
• B)The child and older adult may be embarrassed.
• C)The patient has the right to interpretation.
• D)Having a child interpret takes too much time.
• E)Privacy laws prohibit this practice.

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Definitions:

Self-Concept

A person's perception of their own abilities, behaviors, and characteristics, forming an internalized self-image.

Reaction Formation

a defensive psychological mechanism in which a person unconsciously replaces their true, anxiety-causing feelings with their opposite.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where an individual's emotions or impulses are transferred from the original source of stress to a more acceptable or less threatening target.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, an obsessive interest or feeling stuck at a particular stage of psychological development.