In caring for a child with a life-threatening illness, the nurse should anticipate the parent's reaction to the child illness. Which of the following should the nurse anticipate the parent will experience? Select all that apply
1. Shock and disbelief
2. Anger and guilt
3. Deprivation and loss
4. Anticipatory waiting
5. Readjustment and mourning
1.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rationale:
1. The universal reaction of parents to a child's life-threatening illness is shock and disbelief.
2. Anger and guilt surface as parents become more aware of their child's illness or injury.
3. As the shock associated with the child's life-threatening condition slowly recedes, new stressors emerge. Parents are deprived of their familiar role of being a parent of a healthy child.
4. Once the child's condition is stabilized and survival seems likely, parents often move into a period of anticipatory waiting.
5. The last stage that parents experience is readjustment or mourning. Readjustment is experienced as the child recovers.
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