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The nurse understands that anticipatory grief is:
a. unresolved.
b. an unconscious process.
c. long-term.
d. not acknowledged.
Answer
b. an unconscious process.
Rationale:
Anticipatory grief is an unconscious response, elicited with bad news, such as a terminal diagnosis.
Reference:
Ferrell, B. & Paice, J. (Eds.). (2019). Oxford textbook of palliative nursing (5th ed.). Oxford University Press, p. 393.