The postpartum unit nurse is caring for a patient who delivered a term stillborn infant yesterday
The mother is heard screaming at the nutrition services worker, "This food is horrible! You people are incompetent and can't cook a simple edible meal!" The nurse understands this as: 1. An indication the mother is in the anger phase of grief.
2. An abnormal response to the loss of the child.
3. Reactive stress management techniques in use.
4. Denial of the death of the child she delivered yesterday.
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Rationale 1: Anger is a common and normal response to the grief of perinatal loss, and is often directed at members of the healthcare team.
Rationale 2: Anger is a common and normal response to the grief of perinatal loss,
Rationale 3: Reactive stress management techniques do not exist.
Rationale 4: Denial of the loss would manifest as believing that she still has a live fetus in utero.
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