A 2-year-old patient is on a pediatric unit. The child's mother leaves the unit for a few hours. When the child realizes the mother is gone, the child protests loudly, watches the door, and then resumes crying
The child is in which of the following stages of separation: a. Despair
b. Denial
c. Protest
d. Depression
C
The child is in the protest stage. Depression is not a stage of separation.
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