A mother rescues two of her four children from a house fire. The other two children die in the house fire. In an emergency department, she cries, "I should have gone back in to get them. I should have died, not them." What is the nurse's best response?

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Option B is the best response because it recognizes the mother's emotion of guilt and validates her feelings. Option A is not appropriate because it diminishes the mother's grief, and Option C does not validate the mother's guilt. Option D is also not appropriate because it suggests that the mother should suppress her emotions and not process her grief.

A Mother Rescues Two of Her Four Children from a House