The nurse counseling a client with acute grief would expect that ...

[KimWrice]

The nurse counseling a client with acute grief would expect that the client would experience:
 
  1. Severe depressive symptoms
  2. Conflicted and unresolved issues
  3. Increased arousal and hypervigilance
  4. Preoccupation with the image of the deceased

Question 2

An elderly couple has lived in the same home for the past 50 years. Now that they are no longer able to drive or take care of the home, they have moved into an adult retirement center in a near-by town.
 
  Changes in lifestyle such as this couple is experiencing should alert the nurse to the possibility of:
  1. Adventitious crisis
  2. Acute grief
  3. Chronic sorrow
  4. Traumatic grief

[Ksh22]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Acute grief does not include severe depression or conflicted issues, so options 1 and 2 are incor-rect. Option 3 describes PTSD symptoms, so this is incorrect. Acute grief can involve images of the deceased, and option 4 is correct.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
Adjustment to life cycle transitions may initiate acute grief, so option 2 is correct. This could be a situational crisis but not adventitious crisis, so option 1 is incorrect. There are no indications that this will become chronic, so 3 is incorrect, and option 4 is incorrect since the loss is not of that magnitude.

[KimWrice]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[tranoy]

Great answer, keep it coming