Author Question: The nurse planning care for a client with acute grief will: 1. Advise the client to limit contact ... (Read 97 times)

jho37 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse planning care for a client with acute grief will:

1. Advise the client to limit contact with support persons
2. Provide information about the grief process
3. Suggest postponing use of community resources for 6 weeks
4. Encourage dependence on the nurse for support

Question 2

Of the following clients being seen for grief counseling, the nurse should be aware that which person has the greatest potential for developing dysfunctional grief? The person who:

1. Has an extensive social support network
2. Describes his relationship with his deceased spouse as mostly good
3. States she and her husband were inseparable, doing everything together
4. Has dealt with other losses of family members successfully over the years

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2
Limiting contact with support is not helpful, so option 1 is incorrect. Client education is helpful, so option 2 is correct. Postponing use of resources (option 3) and encouraging dependence on the nurse (option 4) are unhelpful and therefore incorrect.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 3
An extensive social support network and a mostly good relationship do not predispose to dys-functional grief, so options 1 and 2 are incorrect. An inseparable couple could increase risk for dysfunctional grieving, so option 3 is correct. Appropriate grief work in the past would not in-crease the risk for dysfunction, so option 4 is incorrect.