The Prescriber Tells a Patient to Call If a Temperature $\circ$

question 2

Multiple Choice

The prescriber tells a patient to call if a temperature higher than 39 ^$\circ$ Centigrade develops.The patient asks the nurse what this temperature is in Fahrenheit.What is the nurse's response?

• A) 99.2 \(\circ\)
• B) 100.2 \(\circ\)
• C) 101.2 \(\circ\)
• D) 102.2 \(\circ\)

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Definitions:

Regression

In psychology, a defense mechanism leading an individual to revert to an earlier stage of development in response to stress or conflict; in statistics, a method to determine the relationship between variables.

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their unwanted feelings, impulses, or thoughts onto someone else.

Denial

A defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.

Displacement

In psychology, displacement is a defense mechanism where a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a safer, substitute target.