The nurse is caring for the family of a terminally ill client and notices that the admitting nurse selected grieving as the priority nursing diagnosis
Which of the following behaviors by the family supports the diagnosis made by the admitting nurse? 1. The family is tearful and sad.
2. The family members are crying out loud and wringing their hands.
3. Some family members state they cannot go on with life.
4. The family members state that they cannot care for the client at home.
1. The family is tearful and sad.
Rationale:
Grieving prior to the actual loss is termed anticipatory grieving, which the family is demonstrating by being tearful and sad. Loud crying and wringing of hands might be the beginning of complicated grieving since the client is still alive. When the family states that they cannot go on with life, they are demonstrating hopelessness. Being unable to care for the client in the home is an example of caregiver role strain.
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