Question

A nurse is counseling a recently widowed client, who says, "his death has complicated my life even more than the hassles he caused when he was alive!" the nurse realizes the client is having difficulty with the grieving process and concludes that the relationship with the husband was probably what?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The nurse who is counseling a client whose husband died recently concludes that since the client is having problem dealing the loss of her husband though she realizes that the death of her husband has complicated her life even more than the problems that the husband has caused in her life when he was alive was probably that client is having a contradictory feeling or a mixed feeling at the death of her husband. So she is having difficulty in the grieving process because her feelings about the death of her husband is ambivalent.

Answer 2

The nurse realizes the client is having difficulty with the grieving process and nurse concludes that the relationship with the husband was probably ambivalent. It is the mental disharmony or disconnect a person may feel when having both positive and negative feelings regarding the same individual.