The nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has just died with AIDS. The client's partner is still in the room and is dry-eyed and very somber
The nurse offers condolences to the partner realizing that the partner expects which of the following? 1. Support from those around them on the unit.
2. The community will not allow the partner to grieve openly.
3. The client's family will want to grieve with him.
4. The boss at work will be supportive of bereavement leave.
2. The community will not allow the partner to grieve openly.
Rationale:
The nurse realizes that the client's partner may be a victim of disenfranchised grief and expects that no one will acknowledge that is the partner is grieving or offer support. The nurse extends condolences appropriately. The expectation of the gay partner is that the community, the partner's family, and the workplace will all ignore the validity of his grief.
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