The wife of a patient who has just died states, "I hate all of you nurses and doctors for letting my husband die." What should the nurse recognize this reaction as according to Martocchio's clus-ters of grief?
a. Shock and disbelief
b. Yearning and protest
c. Anguish, disorganization, and despair
d. Identification in bereavement
B
Martocchio's clusters of grief identify yearning and protest as anger directed toward God, health care providers, and survivors, as well as toward even the deceased for dying.
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