NURSING 2000 EXAM 4 CEDARVILLE
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What are all the types of losses? - Correct Answers -necessary loss
Maturational loss
Situational loss
Actual loss
Perceived loss
Lisa has a baby and loves holding her. After three years have passed, she can no
longer hold her child. What type of loss would this be considered? - Correct Answers -
Necessary loss
Greg has alway had his lucky pair of shoes for basketball. He won every championship
in middle school whenever he wore them. He is now in high school and his feet no
longer fit his lucky shoes. What type of loss would this be considered? - Correct
Answers -maturational
Hannah has been placed into quarantine. This means that she can no longer attend her
volleyball practices and/or track practices. Out of boredom, she begins to eat a lot and
quickly loses a lot of her positive outlook on her body. What type of loss would this be
considered? - Correct Answers -Situational loss
A nurse is caring for a patient who was just in a car accident. The patient begins to
worry because their car was totaled and they no longer have a car to drive. What type of
loss would this be? - Correct Answers -actual loss
Sam and Amy get into a huge argument over Sam's lack of picking up her trash in the
dorm room. After a while of yelling at each other, Sam apologizes and Amy storms out
of the room. Sam is now worried that she has lost her friendship with Amy. What type of
loss would this be considered? - Correct Answers -perceived loss
What is the emotional response to loss? - Correct Answers -grief
What are the five factors that determine one's response to grief? - Correct Answers -1.
Developmental and maturation status
2. Personality
,3. Resources
4. Accompanying events
5. Emotional response
True or false: everyone grieves over different situations or things - Correct Answers -
true
True or false: people grieve in various ways - Correct Answers -true
True or false: age does not affect how one grieves; only their personality - Correct
Answers -false (children grieve differently than adults)
True or false: Tracey and Macy recently lost their mom, therefore both of the girls are
expected grieve right after the loss - Correct Answers -false (people grieve at different
times)
An athlete must take off their shoes for the last time. What type of loss would this be
considered? - Correct Answers -maturational
What is an example of a financial resource for grief/loss? - Correct Answers -life
insurance
What is an example of an emotional/spiritual resource for grief? - Correct Answers -
Community group
It is better to grieve each loss__________ - Correct Answers -with one thing at a time
When will it be considered a fumble grief? - Correct Answers -Sudden loss
Which type of loss can help make the grieving process easier? - Correct Answers -
Gradual loss
What are the types of grief? - Correct Answers -Normal
Anticipatory
Disenfranchised
Complicated
A nurse is caring for a patient that has been recently informed that her husband did not
make it through his emergency surgery. The patient is crying in her bed and hardly says
anything, but remains stable in all aspects. What type of grief is she experiencing? -
Correct Answers -normal
What are the characteristics of normal grief? - Correct Answers -Degree of grief=the
loss degree
For normal grief, the grieving time is ______with the loss - Correct Answers -consistent
, What is consistent with normal loss? - Correct Answers -Grief time
Emotions
What is the key word(s) for determining normal grief? - Correct Answers -Stable
Proportionate
How often does the average person experience grief? - Correct Answers -three times a
month
What is a common every day example of grief experience? - Correct Answers -good
day verses bad day
Before the patient's husband went into surgery, she began to grieve the potential loss of
her husband. What type of grief would this be? - Correct Answers -anticipatory
grief that happens before the actual loss - Correct Answers -anticipatory
A nurse is exampling to a patient that he has stage four pancreatic cancer. He has been
given one month to live. The patient begins to grieve. What type of grief would this be? -
Correct Answers -anticipatory
Anticipatory tends to have a stage of ______ - Correct Answers -shock
What should the nurse do for the patient who has been diagnosed with stage four
cancer and has limited time left? - Correct Answers -give the patient time to absorb the
news
True or false: people often feel shocked or stressed after the loss with anticipatory grief.
- Correct Answers -false (often feel rather relieved)
What are the characteristics of anticipatory grief? - Correct Answers -Grieves over a
period of time
What are the expressions of anticipatory grief? - Correct Answers -Initial shock,
absorption gradually, feeling of relief
True or false: it is normal for a person to experience the expressions of anticipatory grief
multiple times a week - Correct Answers -true
A girl found herself crushing hard on a guy on campus. The next day she heard that she
found out that he had a girlfriend. She began to tell herself that she did not have a
reason to grieve her rejection because it happens to girls all the time. What type of grief
would this be? - Correct Answers -Disenfranchised grief
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What are all the types of losses? - Correct Answers -necessary loss
Maturational loss
Situational loss
Actual loss
Perceived loss
Lisa has a baby and loves holding her. After three years have passed, she can no
longer hold her child. What type of loss would this be considered? - Correct Answers -
Necessary loss
Greg has alway had his lucky pair of shoes for basketball. He won every championship
in middle school whenever he wore them. He is now in high school and his feet no
longer fit his lucky shoes. What type of loss would this be considered? - Correct
Answers -maturational
Hannah has been placed into quarantine. This means that she can no longer attend her
volleyball practices and/or track practices. Out of boredom, she begins to eat a lot and
quickly loses a lot of her positive outlook on her body. What type of loss would this be
considered? - Correct Answers -Situational loss
A nurse is caring for a patient who was just in a car accident. The patient begins to
worry because their car was totaled and they no longer have a car to drive. What type of
loss would this be? - Correct Answers -actual loss
Sam and Amy get into a huge argument over Sam's lack of picking up her trash in the
dorm room. After a while of yelling at each other, Sam apologizes and Amy storms out
of the room. Sam is now worried that she has lost her friendship with Amy. What type of
loss would this be considered? - Correct Answers -perceived loss
What is the emotional response to loss? - Correct Answers -grief
What are the five factors that determine one's response to grief? - Correct Answers -1.
Developmental and maturation status
2. Personality
,3. Resources
4. Accompanying events
5. Emotional response
True or false: everyone grieves over different situations or things - Correct Answers -
true
True or false: people grieve in various ways - Correct Answers -true
True or false: age does not affect how one grieves; only their personality - Correct
Answers -false (children grieve differently than adults)
True or false: Tracey and Macy recently lost their mom, therefore both of the girls are
expected grieve right after the loss - Correct Answers -false (people grieve at different
times)
An athlete must take off their shoes for the last time. What type of loss would this be
considered? - Correct Answers -maturational
What is an example of a financial resource for grief/loss? - Correct Answers -life
insurance
What is an example of an emotional/spiritual resource for grief? - Correct Answers -
Community group
It is better to grieve each loss__________ - Correct Answers -with one thing at a time
When will it be considered a fumble grief? - Correct Answers -Sudden loss
Which type of loss can help make the grieving process easier? - Correct Answers -
Gradual loss
What are the types of grief? - Correct Answers -Normal
Anticipatory
Disenfranchised
Complicated
A nurse is caring for a patient that has been recently informed that her husband did not
make it through his emergency surgery. The patient is crying in her bed and hardly says
anything, but remains stable in all aspects. What type of grief is she experiencing? -
Correct Answers -normal
What are the characteristics of normal grief? - Correct Answers -Degree of grief=the
loss degree
For normal grief, the grieving time is ______with the loss - Correct Answers -consistent
, What is consistent with normal loss? - Correct Answers -Grief time
Emotions
What is the key word(s) for determining normal grief? - Correct Answers -Stable
Proportionate
How often does the average person experience grief? - Correct Answers -three times a
month
What is a common every day example of grief experience? - Correct Answers -good
day verses bad day
Before the patient's husband went into surgery, she began to grieve the potential loss of
her husband. What type of grief would this be? - Correct Answers -anticipatory
grief that happens before the actual loss - Correct Answers -anticipatory
A nurse is exampling to a patient that he has stage four pancreatic cancer. He has been
given one month to live. The patient begins to grieve. What type of grief would this be? -
Correct Answers -anticipatory
Anticipatory tends to have a stage of ______ - Correct Answers -shock
What should the nurse do for the patient who has been diagnosed with stage four
cancer and has limited time left? - Correct Answers -give the patient time to absorb the
news
True or false: people often feel shocked or stressed after the loss with anticipatory grief.
- Correct Answers -false (often feel rather relieved)
What are the characteristics of anticipatory grief? - Correct Answers -Grieves over a
period of time
What are the expressions of anticipatory grief? - Correct Answers -Initial shock,
absorption gradually, feeling of relief
True or false: it is normal for a person to experience the expressions of anticipatory grief
multiple times a week - Correct Answers -true
A girl found herself crushing hard on a guy on campus. The next day she heard that she
found out that he had a girlfriend. She began to tell herself that she did not have a
reason to grieve her rejection because it happens to girls all the time. What type of grief
would this be? - Correct Answers -Disenfranchised grief
