A cognitively impaired patient reports to the nurse that,"I had the best time.My husband took me out to dinner and then to a concert.The music was wonderful." Knowing that the patient is a widow,the nurse determines her remarks are an example of:

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Confabulation means covering one's inability to remember by making up a story of something that might have happened.

A Cognitively Impaired Patient Reports to the Nurse That,"I Had