A client reports that she has a terrible headache that doesn’t go away. the client keeps asking what time her son will be in to visit her. the son died two weeks ago, and that is when the headache started. the nurse recognizes this behavior as: displacement conversion identification reaction formation

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This behaviour is called conversion. Conversion is when a conflict is expressed as physical symptoms. In this case, the patient conflict is her son dies two weeks ago and the symptoms is a terrible headache. Conversion is one of defence mechanism that can happen when someone experiencing a conflict.