The nurse is speaking with a preschool-age child whose sibling recently died. Which feelings should the nurse anticipate from the preschool-age child?
1. The child may feel that his or her bad behavior caused the sibling's death as a punishment.
2. The child may feel that the sibling died as a result of a fight.
3. The child may feel that having bad thoughts about the sibling caused the death.
4. The child may feel that the sibling died because the parents did not like that sibling.
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Explanation:
1. Preschool-age children do not have a fear of being bad and the sibling's subsequently being punished.
2. Fighting is normal, and preschool-age children do not have those thoughts.
3. Preschool-age children might fear that they caused their brother or sister to be injured or become ill, or they may worry that bad thoughts on their part brought on the illness.
4. Preschool-age children are more likely to believe that they somehow were the cause of their sibling's death, not their parents.
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