A 30-year-old terminally ill patient is concerned about how her 7-year-old child will perceive her death. What advice from the nurse would be most beneficial?
A. Children of this age emotionally distance themselves from the death.
B. Because the child fears separation, the patient can prepare the child by explaining that death is permanent.
C. Children of this age recognize that death is permanent.
D. Children of this age think death is sleeping.
Answer: C
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