Which, if any, of the following circumstances might incline a nurse to become disengaged or enmeshed rather than therapeutically engaged with a patient/family?
1. 5-year-old child dying of cancer
2. 6-month-old infant in a vegetative state, secondary to inflicted head injury
3. Dying 10-day-old neonate with anencephaly whose parents do not visit
4. All of the above
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1. The situation is emotionally charged in a manner that might incline a nurse to distance herself/himself from or become enmeshed with the child and/or the family.
2. The situation is emotionally charged in a manner that might incline a nurse to distance herself/himself from or become enmeshed with the child and/or the family.
3. The situation is emotionally charged in a manner that might incline a nurse to distance herself/himself from or become enmeshed with the child and/or the family.
4. Each of the situations is emotionally charged in a manner that might incline a nurse to distance herself/himself from or become enmeshed with the child and/or the family.
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