The nurse is working with children in hospice care. The mother of a young child with cancer talks with the nurse about the future holiday celebrations she will miss with her child. Which is the mother experiencing based on these data?
1. Actual loss
2. Perceived loss
3. Anticipatory loss
4. Loss
3
Explanation:
1. Actual loss is a real loss objectively confirmed by others.
2. A perceived loss is subjectively experienced by a person, but cannot be confirmed by others.
3. Anticipatory loss is experienced before the loss actually transpires.
4. Loss is a general term for something of value being changed, no longer available, or no longer able to be experienced by an individual.
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