The postpartum unit nurse is caring for a family who delivered a term stillborn infant yesterday
The mother is heard screaming at the nutrition services worker, "This food is horrible! You people are incompetent and can't cook a simple edible meal!" The nurse understands this as: A. An indication the mother is in the anger phase of grief.
B. An abnormal response to the loss of the child.
C. Reactive stress management techniques are being used.
D. Denial of the death of the child she delivered yesterday.
A
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