Parents express recurrent feelings of grief, loss, and fear related to their child's chronic condition. The nurse understands that this is:
a. anticipatory grieving.
b. chronic sorrow.
c. bereavement.
d. illness trajectory.
B
The stated recurrent feelings define chronic sorrow, which is considered a normal process involving grief that may never be resolved. Anticipatory grieving is the process of mourning, coping, interacting, planning, and psychosocial reorganization that is begun as a response to the impending loss of a loved one. Bereavement is defined as the objective condition or state of loss. Illness trajectory is defined as the impact of the disease or condition on all family members, physiological unfolding of the disease, and work organization done by the family to cope.
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