After the loss of her infant, a woman tells the nurse that her husband didn't cry and hasn't expressed any sadness. She feels he never really wanted this baby. The most appropriate nursing response is,
a. "Men are unable to express their feelings."
b. "Are you having marital difficulties?"
c. "Each person mourns in his own way and according to his own timetable."
d. "You ought to confront him and see what his real feelings are."
C
Although Kubler-Ross and Davidson have documented phases of grief and grieving with characteristic behaviors of each phase, grief is an individual response. Telling the mother that men are unable to express their feelings is an opinion, not an appropriate nursing response. Asking about marital difficulties or suggesting that the woman confront her husband are inappropriate responses for this scenario.
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