The Nurse Is Teaching a Class on Perinatal Loss to Student

question 33

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a class on perinatal loss to student nurses. The nurse is discussing the relationship between attachment and the grief response, explaining that:

• A) The mother has no attachment to the fetus before it is born.
• B) The severity of the grieving has nothing to do with attachment to the fetus.
• C) The intensity of the grief response can be assessed by determining the level of attachment to the anticipated infant.
• D) The mother would feel grief only if it were a planned pregnancy.

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Definitions:

CPM Networks

Critical Path Method (CPM) networks are project management tools that map tasks in a project, identifying the longest sequence of dependent tasks (critical path) to determine the shortest project duration.

Project Duration

Project duration is the total time from the initiation to the completion of a project, encompassing all phases of its lifecycle.

Critical Path

The longest sequence of dependent tasks in a project, determining the shortest possible duration to complete the project.

Variance

A statistical measurement of the dispersion or spread in a set of data points, reflecting how much the numbers differ from each other and from the mean.