Author Question: Four teenagers died in an automobile accident. One week later, which behavior by parents indicates ... (Read 61 times)

ishan · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Four teenagers died in an automobile accident. One week later, which behavior by parents indicates adaptive mourning? The parents who:

a. isolate themselves at home.
b. return immediately to employment.
c. forbid other teens in the household to drive a car.
d. create a scholarship fund at their child's high school.

Question 2

The most helpful response for the nurse to make when a patient being treated as an outpatient states, I am considering committing suicide is:

a. I am glad you shared this. There is nothing to worry about. We will work it out..
b. We need to talk more about the things you have to live for, the good in life..
c. I think you should admit yourself to the hospital to get help with this..
d. Bringing this up is a very positive action on your part. Tell me more..

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

Answer to Question 1

D
Loss of a child is among the highest-risk situations for maladaptive grieving. The parents who create a scholarship fund are openly expressing their feelings and memorializing their child. The other parents in this question are isolating themselves and/or denying their feelings.

Answer to Question 2

D
Stating that the disclosure is a positive step reinforces and validates the patient for making an adaptive response rather than acting on the suicidal impulse. It also encourages the patient to elaborate and provide more specific data on which to assess the patient. It gives neither advice nor false reassurance. It does not involve trite clichs (the things you have to live for, the good in life) that tend to suggest the patient is wrong or bad for having suicidal ideation, which in turn reduce the patient's willingness to be honest about the ideation.