At the time of a child's death, the nurse tells his mother, "We will miss him so much." The best interpretation of this is that the nurse is
a. Pretending to be experiencing grief
b. Expressing personal feelings of loss
c. Denying the mother's sense of loss
d. Talking when listening would be better
B
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A The nurse is experiencing a normal grief response to the death of a patient.
B The death of a patient is one of the most stressful aspects of a critical care or
oncology nurse. Nurses experience reactions similar to those of family members
because of their involvement with the child and family during the illness. Nurses
often have feelings of personal loss when a patient dies.
C There is no implication that the mother's loss is minimized.
D The nurse is validating the worth of the child.
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