The parents of a dying 2-year old child are showing signs of tension when the wife says, "Oh, go on to your office. You have a place to run away to. I am the one here with our dying child!" The nurse can help by:
a. Encouraging the parents to suppress their feelings
b. Focusing interventions on the mother
c. Understanding that the father may feel the need to conceal his emotions
d. Allowing the parents to deal with it on their own
C
The parents should be encouraged to share their feelings. The father should not be ignored. He may not be seen as often because of work. The father may feel that he needs to conceal his emotions from the family as part of the male image, but the nurse should remember that he may have strong feelings and may feel abandoned.
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