The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Scheduled for a Partial

The nurse is caring for a patient scheduled for a partial mastectomy resulting from advanced cancer. The patient tells the nurse, "I'm sure when the surgeon operates on me, he will not find any cancer in my breast. It looks just fine." The nurse recognizes that the patient is using which defense mechanism to cope with the medical diagnosis?

A) Suppression
B) Sublimation
C) Displacement
D) Denial

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