In working with children and families who have experienced a loss of a family member, the nurse keeps in mind:
a. people experiencing a loss follow a predictable pattern in terms of grief and bereavement
b. individuals who have a mental illness themselves, or in the family, will grieve differently
c. each person's response to a loss is different and each person's bereavement is different
d. people who are close to the grieving person can often predict their grieving pattern
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A Incorrect. In working with children and families who have experienced a loss of a family member, the nurse realizes that people experiencing a loss do not follow a predictable pattern in terms of grief and bereavement.
B Incorrect. In working with children and families who have experienced a loss of a family member, the nurse is not most attuned to mental illness and the grieving process.
C Correct. One can describe grief as the reaction an individual has to a loss, and bereavement as the behaviors one exhibits after the loss. Each person's response is different; therefore, each person's bereavement will be different.
D Incorrect. In working with children and families who have experienced a loss of a family member, the nurse keeps in mind that grief and bereavement is individual and largely unpredictable.
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