The mother of a recently murdered child keeps the child's room intact. Family members are encouraging her to redecorate and move forward in life. The visiting nurse recognizes this behavior as _____ grief
a. Normal
b. End-of-life
c. Abnormal
d. Complicated
ANS: A
Family members will grieve differently. One sign of normal grief is keeping the deceased individual's room intact as a way to keep that person alive in the minds of survivors. This is happening after the family member is deceased, so it is not end-of-life grief. It is not abnormal or complicated grief; the child died recently.
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