The nurse caring for children on a pediatric oncology care area delays entering some of the children's rooms unless to provide medication or perform a procedure. Which stage of the grieving process is influencing this nurse's ability to provide patient care?

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There is a danger that a nurse who is in a stage of denial may care for children by avoiding going into a child's room unless an important procedure must be done. Nurses who are angry might provide care that is sharp and abrupt. Bargaining is promising to do something in exchange for the child not dying. Nurses who are in the depression stage may be ineffective caregivers because problem solving and decision making becomes a chore.

The Nurse Caring for Children on a Pediatric Oncology Care