During the Initial Acute Distress Phase of Grieving,parents Still Must

question 7

Multiple Choice

During the initial acute distress phase of grieving,parents still must make unexpected and unwanted decisions about funeral arrangements and even naming the baby.The nurse's role should be to:

• A)Take over as much as possible to relieve the pressure
• B)Encourage grandparents to take over
• C)Make sure the parents themselves approve the final decisions
• D)Leave them alone to work things out

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Definitions:

Conditioning

An approach to modifying behavior by teaching a subject to connect a favorable behavior with a stimulus that was initially unrelated.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual decrease and eventual elimination of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a conditioned response.