When Under Stress, a Client Routinely Uses Alcohol to Excess

question 2

Multiple Choice

When under stress, a client routinely uses alcohol to excess. Finding her drunk, her husband yells at the client about her chronic alcohol abuse. Which action alerts the nurse to the client's use of the defense mechanism of denial?

• A) The client hides liquor bottles in a closet.
• B) The client yells at her son for slouching in his chair.
• C) The client burns dinner on purpose.
• D) The client says to the spouse, "I don't drink too much!"

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