What reaction should the nurse expect of a 3-year-old child following the death of a sibling?
a. Expresses feelings of anger by initiating violent acts
b. Believes that death is not a permanent state
c. Fears death of others close to him
d. Asks many questions about how death hap-pens
B
The understanding of the permanence of death does not occur until a child is about 10 years old. The preschool-age child would not normally express feelings of anger or initiate violent acts. They do not have the level of cognition that would cause them to fear death. Also, because the major drives in the preschooler are socialization and imagination, one would not expect a child of this age to ask questions about how death happens.
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