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:

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Preschoolers often engage in magical thinking and may not fully understand the permanence of death. They might believe that their thoughts or actions can cause events, leading them to think that deaths are their fault.

The Emergency Department Nurse Is Talking with a Preschooler About