After a physician reprimanded a staff nurse for not reporting the pati

QUESTION

After a physician reprimanded a staff nurse for not reporting the patient’s vital signs, the staff nurse began experiencing a severe migraine headache.

The staff nurse then asked the nurse manager if he could take a sick day and leave the unit. The staff nurse was coping with the physician’s reprimand by:
a.
Displacement
b.
Denial
c.
Somatization
d.
Regression

ANSWER:

ANS: C
An individual may unconsciously convert an emotional conflict into physical symptoms (somatization), such as the common headache.