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Who is the first person to hear the ‘death story,’ observe acute grief in the family, and the first to offer support as the family starts the grief journey?

Both the ________ and _________ pulses are used in taking blood pressure.

To do this is healthy after a death because it will help to fill the void in a person’s life is called:

A 5-year-old girl presents to clinic with fever and cough. Her respiratory rate is 25 breaths per minute, and she has mild subcostal retractions. Her oxygen saturation on room air is 94%. She has focal crackles in the right lower lobe. Which of the following is indicated?

A 10-year-old boy with a history of asthma presents to the outpatient office as a new patient. A full asthma history is obtained. Which of the following is associated with the highest risk of death from asthma?

Survivors must break the ties of the old relationship with the deceased and begin to develop a new life without the person. Which need of the bereaved is this?

Who is responsible for the three-stage model of the helping process?

Consolidation and planning is listed under which stage?

With any type of death, most bereaved people find the love and attention given to them by family and friends comforting.

Mourning involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following the loss and death of someone loved.