When the nurse informs a family that the brain damage to their daughter is irreversible, the father curses at the nurse and storms out of the room. The nurse recognizes the father is in the crisis stage of:
a. high anxiety.
b. denial.
c. reconciliation.
d. adaptation.
B
Once the reality of the situation becomes evident, initially anger and confusion follow.
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