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kshipps

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A patient has decided to join a support group for surviving spouses of victims of violent crime. According to Engel's theory of grief and loss, the nurse identifies that this patient is in which stage?
 
  1. restitution
  2. acute grief
  3. shock and disbelief
  4. denial

Question 2

A 30-year-old terminally ill patient is concerned about how her 7-year-old child will perceive her death. What advice from the nurse would be most beneficial?
 
  1. Children this age recognize that death is permanent.
  2. Children this age emotionally distance themselves from the death.
  3. Because the child fears separation the patient can prepare the child by explaining that death is permanent.
  4. Children this age think death is sleeping.



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Kingjoffery

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1

During restitution the mourner continues to feel a painful void, is preoccupied with thoughts of the loss, and may join a support group or seek other social support for coping with the loss. The patient who is joining a support group is in the stage of restitution. Acute grief is initiated by shock and disbelief, which may manifest as denial.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1

Age is a great determinant of beliefs about death. Children this age understand the finality of death. At the age of 7, children do not have the emotional maturity to distance themselves from death. The ability to understand separation has been mastered by the age of 7. Children this age do not think that death is sleeping.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


lindahyatt42

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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