Which patient would the nurse determine to be at highest risk for dysfunctional grief? The patient:
a. Whose 16-year-old daughter was raped and killed while going on an errand for the patient
b. Whose 86-year-old mother, with whom she has shared her home, died after a long illness.
c. Who attended a support group and had been assisted by hospice to care for her terminally ill husband
d. Who attended a bereavement group, where she learned to express feelings after the deaths of her twin daughters
ANS: A
The traumatic nature of the death makes this patient at highest risk. The death of the mother was of an elderly person and expected. The remaining options involve patients involved with hospice or support groups that lessen the likelihood for dysfunctional grief.
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