A 15-year-old patient has delivered a 22-week stillborn fetus. The nurse understands that:
1. Grieving a fetal loss manifests with very similar behaviors regardless of the age of the patient.
2. Teens tend to withhold emotions, and need older adults with the same type of loss to help process the experience.
3. Most teens have had a great deal of contact with death and loss and have an established method of coping.
4. Assisting the patient might be difficult because of her mistrust of authority figures.
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Rationale 1: Grieving behaviors are very different in adolescents than in older patients. Teens rely more on their peers than on adults for emotional support.
Rationale 2: Teens rely more on their peers than on adults for emotional support.
Rationale 3: Most teens have had little experience with death, and the fetal loss is often the first time a teen is personally impacted by loss and grief.
Rationale 4: Adolescents tend to mistrust authority figures and might resist their help.
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