Question

A patient who learns that his discharge has been cancelled tells the nurse he prefers eating hospital food over his wife's cooking. What is the patient displaying? 1 O Denial 20 Sublimation 3 Homeostasis 4 O Rationalization

Answer 1

I think patient is displaying Rationalization.

Rationalization means feelings are expressed in logical manner so as to avoid reality or true explanation. Rationalization is the way someone justifies their real feelings.

Patient already know that his discharge has been cancelled. Even after knowing this, he is comfortable or happy instead of getting nervous because he is not going home. This means he feels more reliable at hospital and not at home.

Second thing he prefers hospital food instead of his wife's cooked food means he likes hospital food more than food cooked by his wife or may be hospital food is more healthy and as per diet plan. This means he avoid to explain reality and logically he just saying he is ready to spent some more days in hospital and he will prefer hospital food.