Chapter 26: Loss and Grief

Chapter 26: Loss and Grief

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A businessman who had been employed at one company since graduating from college was recently downsized at work and is unemployed. He was always very proud of this job and is grieving the loss. What type of loss is this?

ANS:   C

People experience an actual loss when they can no longer touch, hear, see, or have near them valued people or objects. Examples include job loss. People experience maturational losses as they go through a lifetime of normal developmental processes. For example, when a child goes to school for the first time she will spend less time with her parents, leading to a change in the parent-child relationship. Situational loss occurs as a result of an unpredictable life event. A situational loss often involves multiple losses. A divorce, for example, begins with the loss of a life companion, but often leads to financial strain and changes in living arrangements. Perceived losses are uniquely experienced by a grieving person and are often less obvious to others. A perceived loss is very real to the person who has had a loss. For example, a person perceives she is less loved by her parents and experiences a loss of self-esteem.

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)

REF:    655                  OBJ:    Discuss five categories of loss.

TOP:    Nursing Process: Diagnosis               MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

2. A nursing student, who maintained a 4.0 GPA since starting nursing school, started working the past semester, is planning a wedding, and has moved into a new home. The student has not been able to maintain the 4.0 GPA this semester, and as a result is feeling like a failure. How is this loss best described?

ANS:   D

Perceived losses are uniquely experienced by a grieving person and are often less obvious to others. A perceived loss is very real to the person who has had a loss. For example, a person perceives she is less loved by her parents and experiences a loss of self-esteem. People experience maturational losses as they go through a lifetime of normal developmental processes. For example, when a child goes to school for the first time she will spend less time with her parents, leading to a change in the parent-child relationship. Situational loss occurs as a result of an unpredictable life event. A situational loss often involves multiple losses. A divorce, for example, begins with the loss of a life companion, but often leads to financial strain, changes in living arrangements. People experience an actual loss when they can no longer touch, hear, see, or have near them valued people or objects. Examples include job loss.

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)

REF:    655                  OBJ:    Discuss five categories of loss.

TOP:    Nursing Process: Diagnosis               MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

3. A parent of three children has the oldest child start school this year, and the parent cries as the child is left at kindergarten on the first day. How is the loss that the parent is experiencing best described?

ANS:   A

People experience maturational losses as they go through a lifetime of normal developmental processes. For example, when a child goes to school for the first time she will spend less time with her parents, leading to a change in the parent-child relationship. Situational loss occurs as a result of an unpredictable life event. A situational loss often involves multiple losses. A divorce, for example, begins with the loss of a life companion, but often leads to financial strain, changes in living arrangements. People experience an actual loss when they can no longer touch, hear, see, or have near them valued people or objects. Examples include the loss job. Perceived losses are uniquely experienced by a grieving person and are often less obvious to others. A perceived loss is very real to the person who has had a loss. For example, a person perceives she is less loved by her parents and experiences a loss of self-esteem.

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)

REF:    655                  OBJ:    Discuss five categories of loss.

TOP:    Nursing Process: Diagnosis               MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

4. A recently widowed mother of two worked with her late husband while he was starting his own business and was managing the accounting paperwork. The family had no life or health insurance. When her husband suddenly died, she was left with a large hospital bill, funeral expenses, unemployment, and no means of support. How are the multiple losses that this woman is experiencing best described?

ANS:   B

Situational loss occurs as a result of an unpredictable life event. A situational loss often involves multiple losses. A divorce, for example, begins with the loss of a life companion, but often leads to financial strain and changes in living arrangements. People experience maturational losses as they go through a lifetime of normal developmental processes. For example, when a child goes to school for the first time she will spend less time with her parents, leading to a change in the parent-child relationship. People experience an actual loss when they can no longer touch, hear, see, or have near them valued people or objects. Examples include the loss job. Perceived losses are uniquely experienced by a grieving person and are often less obvious to others. A perceived loss is very real to the person who has had a loss. For example, a person perceives she is less loved by her parents and experiences a loss of self-esteem.

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)

REF:    656                  OBJ:    Discuss five categories of loss.

TOP:    Nursing Process: Diagnosis               MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity