Author Question: A teenager has recently lost a parent. Which grieving behavior should a school nurse expect when ... (Read 22 times)

Bob-Dole · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A teenager has recently lost a parent. Which grieving behavior should a school nurse expect when assessing this client?

A. Denial of personal mortality
B. Preoccupation with the loss
C. Clinging behaviors and personal insecurity
D. Acting-out behaviors, exhibited in aggression and defiance

Question 2

The nurse is reviewing the medical records of several patients diagnosed with major depression. The nurse identifies which patient as least likely to commit suicide?

A) Divorced man
B) Widowed woman
C) Single woman
D) Married man

brittrenee · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
The school nurse should anticipate that this teenager would exhibit aggression and acting-out behaviors. Adolescents have the ability to understand death on an adult level yet have difficulty tolerating the intense feelings associated with the death of a loved one. It is often easier for adolescents to express sorrow by acting out rather than typical emotional expressions of the grieving process.

Answer to Question 2

C