A patient has delivered a stillborn child at 26 weeks' gestation. She tells the nurse that none of her friends have called or visited, and that her husband's parents seem unwilling to talk about the loss
The nurse recognizes the mother's grief as: 1. Disenfranchised grief.
2. Bereavement.
3. An intuitive style of coping.
4. Denial.
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Rationale 1: Disenfranchised grief is not supported by the usual societal customs. People feel uncomfortable talking about the loss, and often withdraw just when their support is most needed.
Rationale 2: The term bereavement simply describes the suffering of the event of loss.
Rationale 3: An intuitive style of coping relies on emotional and psychosocial support. It does not describe what this patient is feeling.
Rationale 4: Nothing in this scenario suggests the patient is in denial about the loss.
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