MM - Grief/Loss and Maternal Newborn

What is grief?

• emotional pain people feel in response to death of loved one or some other serious loss

• physical pain people feel in response to death of loved one or some other serious loss

• mental pain people feel in response to death of loved one or some other serious loss

• none of the answers are correct

What are the 3 things that happen in grief process?

• anger, cry, shock

• shock, anger, peace

• shock, sad, acceptance

• mad, happy, shock

What is something that you could say to a person who is grieving?

• express concern

• give them a hug

• go to the funeral

• all answers are correct

Unusually prolonged grief with significant difficulty moving forwards

• Anticipatory grief

• Normal grief

• Disenfranchised grief

• Complicated grief

Loss that normally occurs with expected life changes across the lifespan

• Loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

Occurs when a person can no longer feel, hear, see, or know a person or object

• Perceived loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

A major difference between normal and maladaptive grieving has been identified by which of the following?

• There are no feelings of depression in normal grieving.

• There is no loss of self-esteem in normal grieving.

• Normal grieving lasts no longer than 1 year.

• In normal grief, the person does not show anger toward the loss.

Which grief reaction can the nurse anticipate in a 10-year-old child?

• Statements that the deceased person will soon return

• Regressive behaviors, such as loss of bladder control

• A preoccupation with the loss

• Thinking that he or she may have done something to cause the death

Which of the following is a correct statement when attempting to distinguish normal grief from clinical depression?

• In clinical depression, anhedonia is prevalent.

• In normal grieving, the person has generalized feelings of guilt.

• The person who is clinically depressed relates feelings of depression to a specific loss.

• In normal grieving, there is a persistent state of dysphoria.

Last stage of grief is

• anger

• denial

• acceptance

• A and B