A teenager has recently lost a parent. Which grieving behavior should a school nurse expect when assessing this client?
A. Denial of personal mortality
B. Preoccupation with the loss
C. Clinging behaviors and personal insecurity
D. Acting-out behaviors, exhibited in aggression and defiance
D
The school nurse should anticipate that this teenager would exhibit aggression and acting-out behaviors. Adolescents have the ability to understand death on an adult level yet have difficulty tolerating the intense feelings associated with the death of a loved one. It is often easier for adolescents to express sorrow by acting out rather than typical emotional expressions of the grieving process.
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