A nurse is caring for a patient who has become depressed because her children have gone away to college.The nurse assesses this type of depression as what type of loss?

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People experience maturational losses as they go through a lifetime of normal developmental processes.For example,when a child goes to school for the first time she will spend less time with her parents,leading to a change in the parent-child relationship.People experience an actual loss when they can no longer touch,hear,see,or have near them valued people or objects.Examples include the loss of a body part,pet,friend,life partner,or job.Perceived losses are uniquely experienced by a grieving person and are often less obvious to others.A perceived loss is very real to the person who has had the loss.For example,a person perceives that she is less loved by her parents and experiences a loss of self-esteem.Situational loss occurs as a result of an unpredictable life event.

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