The nurse is working with children in hospice care. The mother of a young child with cancer talks with the nurse about the future holiday celebrations she will miss with her child. The nurse assesses that the mother is experiencing:
1. Actual loss.
2. Anticipatory loss.
3. Perceived loss.
4. Loss.
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Rationale:.
1. Actual loss is a real loss objectively confirmed by others.
2. Anticipatory loss is experienced before the loss actually transpires.
3. A perceived loss is subjectively experienced by a person, but cannot be confirmed by others.
4. Loss is a general term for something of value being changed, no longer available, or no longer able to be experienced by an individual.
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