Chapter 42: Loss and Grieving
1. A pediatric nurse recognizes that preschoolers think of death as
a. A long sleep
b. Irreversible
c. Inevitable
d. Natural
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Preschoolers think of death as a long sleep.
2. A widower who continues to improve his level of functioning higher than
before the loss is best described at which stage of the Grief C ycle Model?
a. Shock
b. Protest
c. Disorganization
d. Reorganization
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Feedback:
People who have sufficient resources during this period are likel y to
continue to improve their level of functioning and often emerge from
the grief cycle at a higher level of functioning than before the loss.
,3. Which of the following stages of grieving is displayed by a woma n who
appears depressed and withdrawn?
a. Shock
b. Protest
c. Disorganization
d. Reorganization
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
The disorganization stage is characterized by severe depression, social
withdrawal, and lack of interest in people and activities.
4. In the Parkes Model, a person uses denial as a psychological defense in
the stage of
a. Numbness
b. Yearning
c. Disorganization
d. Reorganization
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
In the numbness stage, which is us uall y brief, trauma so overwhelms
the bereaved survivor that he or she must use denial as a psychological
defense.
5. A widow has just returned home from the funeral of her husband. She
feels alone in her home. Her famil y has left to go back to their home in
, another area of the country. What stage of Engels model does this
represent?
a. Shock and disbelief
b. Developing awareness
c. Restitution
d. Resolving the grief
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Developing awareness occurs as the reality and meaning of the loss
penetrate the persons consciousness.
6. Which of the following stages of grieving is exhibited by the husband of a
victim of sudden death who refuses to accept that she is dead?
a. Shock
b. Protest
c. Depression
d. Doubt
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
In the shock and disbelief stage, the survivor either refuses to accept
the loss or shows intellectual acceptance of the loss but denies the
emotional impact.
7. The term bereavement is best defined as a
a. Psychological response to a loss
1. A pediatric nurse recognizes that preschoolers think of death as
a. A long sleep
b. Irreversible
c. Inevitable
d. Natural
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Preschoolers think of death as a long sleep.
2. A widower who continues to improve his level of functioning higher than
before the loss is best described at which stage of the Grief C ycle Model?
a. Shock
b. Protest
c. Disorganization
d. Reorganization
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Feedback:
People who have sufficient resources during this period are likel y to
continue to improve their level of functioning and often emerge from
the grief cycle at a higher level of functioning than before the loss.
,3. Which of the following stages of grieving is displayed by a woma n who
appears depressed and withdrawn?
a. Shock
b. Protest
c. Disorganization
d. Reorganization
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
The disorganization stage is characterized by severe depression, social
withdrawal, and lack of interest in people and activities.
4. In the Parkes Model, a person uses denial as a psychological defense in
the stage of
a. Numbness
b. Yearning
c. Disorganization
d. Reorganization
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
In the numbness stage, which is us uall y brief, trauma so overwhelms
the bereaved survivor that he or she must use denial as a psychological
defense.
5. A widow has just returned home from the funeral of her husband. She
feels alone in her home. Her famil y has left to go back to their home in
, another area of the country. What stage of Engels model does this
represent?
a. Shock and disbelief
b. Developing awareness
c. Restitution
d. Resolving the grief
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Developing awareness occurs as the reality and meaning of the loss
penetrate the persons consciousness.
6. Which of the following stages of grieving is exhibited by the husband of a
victim of sudden death who refuses to accept that she is dead?
a. Shock
b. Protest
c. Depression
d. Doubt
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
In the shock and disbelief stage, the survivor either refuses to accept
the loss or shows intellectual acceptance of the loss but denies the
emotional impact.
7. The term bereavement is best defined as a
a. Psychological response to a loss
