A Patient Tells the Mental Health Nurse That He Is

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient tells the mental health nurse that he is unable to get his life back together since the death of his spouse two years ago and that he feels the loss as strongly as he did the day his spouse died. What does the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing?

• A) Delayed grief
• B) Anticipatory grief
• C) Complicated grief
• D) Disenfranchised grief

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