The nurse counseling a client with acute grief would expect that the client would experience:
1. Severe depressive symptoms
2. Conflicted and unresolved issues
3. Increased arousal and hypervigilance
4. Preoccupation with the image of the deceased
ANS: 4
Acute grief does not include severe depression or conflicted issues, so options 1 and 2 are incor-rect. Option 3 describes PTSD symptoms, so this is incorrect. Acute grief can involve images of the deceased, and option 4 is correct.
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