The nurse assesses that a 2-year-old who cries continuously after his mother leaves, watches the door for her return, and then finally exhausts himself and goes to sleep is in the separation anxiety phase of:

a. Despair
b. Denial
c. Protest
d. Depression


C
The child is in the protest stage. Depression is not a stage of separation.

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