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UNRS 310Psychiatric Nursing Care Plan

Do not delegate what you can “EAT” E=evaluate A=assess T=teach Defense ftechanisms ˚ Compensation: attempt to focus on a strength to compensate for a perceived weakness ˚ Confabulation – filling in gaps in memory; unconsciously making up responses that are inaccurate to avoid embarrassment of memory loss ˚ Conversion: unconscious transformation of anxiety into physical manifestations without organic cause ˚ Denial: refusal to accept reality and to act as if a painful event, thought, or...