The Emergency Department Nurse Is Talking with a Preschooler About

Multiple Choice

The Emergency Department nurse is talking with a preschooler about the death of the child's parents in an airplane crash. The preschooler asks, "Can I talk to my mommy and daddy?" The nurse responds, "They were killed, and cannot talk to you anymore." However, the nurse realizes that preschoolers might:

A) Believe deaths are their fault.
B) Believe death is permanent.
C) Engage in reality-based thinking.
D) Believe the parents will not come back home.