The patient telling the nurse she reminded him of his girlfriend that he loves so much is an example of what?

A. Projection is a defense mechanism where a client attributes their own feelings to someone else (e.g., “I know you don’t like me” when they actually dislike the nurse). B. Countertransference is the nurse’s emotional reaction toward the client, not the client’s reaction to the nurse. C. Empathy involves understanding and sharing another person’s emotions, which is not what is happening in this scenario. D. Transference occurs when a client projects feelings about another person onto the nurse (e.g., seeing the nurse as a loved one).