The community nurse has identified that the mother who gave birth to a stillborn baby last week is an intuitive griever. Which behavior would the nurse have encountered that would lead to this assessment? The mother:
A. Has verbalized that her problem-solving skills have been helpful during this process.
B. Repeatedly talks about her thoughts, feelings, and emotions about losing her child last week.
C. Talks little about her experience, and appears detached and unaffected by the loss of her child.
D. Has asked her close friends, co-workers, and relatives to please not call her and to not visit.
B
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