The community nurse has identified that the mother who gave birth to a stillborn baby last week is an intuitive griever. Which behavior would the nurse have encountered that would lead to this assessment? The mother:
A. Has verbalized that her problem-solving skills have been helpful during this process.
B. Repeatedly talks about her thoughts, feelings, and emotions about losing her child last week.
C. Talks little about her experience, and appears detached and unaffected by the loss of her child.
D. Has asked her close friends, co-workers, and relatives to please not call her and to not visit.
Question 2
The 15-year-old client delivered a 22-week stillborn fetus. The nurse is presenting the client with information about a fetal loss support group for clients of all ages that can be joined without a fee.
The nurse should encourage the client to attend based on an understanding that: A. Grieving a fetal loss will manifest with very similar behaviors regardless of the age of the clients.
B. Teens tend to withhold emotions and need older adults with the same type of loss to help process the experience.
C. Most teens have had a great deal of contact with death and loss and will have an established method of coping.
D. Communication styles vary within families, and teens whose families are extremely busy may have little support at home.
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
Artist's conception of the birth of a star within a dense molecular cloud.
Birth Clouds
Premature baby
Treating the breast-feeding mother
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.