Which Is the Most Accurate Description of the Nursing Diagnosis

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which is the most accurate description of the nursing diagnosis of dysfunctional grieving?

• A) Inability to form a valid appraisal of a loss and to use available resources
• B) The experience of distress, with accompanying sadness, which fails to follow norms
• C) A perceived lack of control over a current loss situation
• D) Aloneness perceived as imposed by others and as a negative or threatening state

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