The nurse observes that over time, the parents of a child with a chronic condition have experienced a pattern of periodic grieving alternating with denial. Which will the nurse include in the child's updated plan of care?
1. Pathologic Grieving
2. Compassion Fatigue
3. Chronic Sorrow
4. Dysfunctional Parenting
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Explanation:
1. Pathologic Grieving results when persons do not move through the stages of grief to resolution.
2. Compassion Fatigue is experienced by caregivers as their ability to feel compassion is exhausted.
3. Parents experience chronic sorrow as they grieve when their child does not meet developmental milestones or participate in activities of "normal" children. The time between periods of grieving might be times of parental denial, which allows the family to function.
4. Dysfunctional Parenting involves inadequately meeting the needs of children.
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