Which is the most accurate description of the nursing diagnosis of dysfunctional grieving?
1. Inability to form a valid appraisal of a loss and to use available resources
2. The experience of distress, with accompanying sadness, which fails to follow norms
3. A perceived lack of control over a current loss situation
4. Aloneness perceived as imposed by others and as a negative or threatening state
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Rationale: The nurse should define dysfunctional grieving as the experience of distress, with accompanying sadness, which fails to follow norms. Three types of pathological grief reactions are delayed or inhibited grief, distorted (exaggerated) grief response, and chronic or prolonged grieving. One crucial difference between normal and dysfunctional grieving is the loss of self-esteem marked my feelings of guilt or worthlessness that may precipitate depression.
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