The wife of the patient who has just died states, "I hate all of you nurses and doctors for letting my husband die." The nurse recognizes this reaction as Martocchio's:
1. shock and disbelief.
2. yearning and protest.
3. anguish, disorganization, and despair.
4. identification in bereavement.
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Martocchio's clusters of grief identifies yearning and protest as anger directed toward God, health care providers, and survivors, and even toward the deceased for dying.
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1. "Oliguria is a urine output less than 50 mL in 24 hours." 2. "Oliguria is a urine output less than 250 mL in 24 hours." 3. "Oliguria is a urine output less than 400 mL in 24 hours." 4. "Oliguria is a decreased urine output indicative of disease."
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A) Behavioral B) Physiologic C) Parasympathetic D) Affective