A child is admitted to the healthcare facility for surgery following a fracture. The child is aggressive and refuses to comply with the staff of the facility. Which of the following phases of separation anxiety is the child going through?
A) Protest
B) Despair
C) Detachment
D) Denial
A
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A child who reacts aggressively, refuses to comply with the staff of the facility, and demands his or her family caregivers is in the protest phase of separation anxiety. A child in the despair phase of separation anxiety is usually inactive and sad, uninterested in food or play, and constantly watching for family caregivers. A child in the denial or detachment phase of separation anxiety pretends to reject family caregivers, when actually the need for caregivers is most intense.
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