A child who knows about a terminal disease tells the nurse of plans to recover and become a doctor to cure everyone in the whole world. What is the child demonstrating to the nurse?
A) Anxiety about the illness
B) Bargaining stage of grief
C) Immature magical thinking
D) Poor opinion of the care received
B
Feedback:
Bargaining, a stage of the grief process, is attempting to work out a deal to prevent death from occurring. This child is not demonstrating anxiety, immature thinking, or a poor opinion of the care that has been received.
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