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During a one-to-one session with the nurse, a female client admitted for chronic depression and attempted suicide discloses experiences of sexual promiscuity and prostitution. When the nurse asks the client if she was ever sexually abused as a child, the client says, “I don't remember, but my mother ran my father off when I was five.” The nurse should recognize that the client may be using which defense mechanism?

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Rationale: Repression involves unconsciously blocking out memories, and the client's inability to recall potential abuse suggests this defense mechanism.

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