The nurse is providing care for a 9-year-old boy whose family was just involved in a motor vehicle accident in which his father and brother died
The nurse should anticipate that the child is likely to exhibit which of the following responses when he learns these details?
A) Resignation
B) Denial
C) Rage
D) Confusion
Ans: B
Like adults, every child or adolescent is an individual with individualized responses to crises. However, it is natural for a child or adolescent to first experience denial that the crisis situation really happened.
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a. Second b. Third c. Fourth d. Fifth
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