PBC Advanced Professional Practice 3

Question 1

Which theoretical framework specifically addresses the oscillation between loss-oriented and restoration-oriented coping in bereaved parents?

Accepted Answer

Stroebe and Schut's Dual Process Model

Answer

The Dual Process Model describes healthy grief as oscillating between confronting the loss and attending to life changes and restoration.

Question 2

A perinatal bereavement nurse is supporting a father who says he 'has to stay strong' for his partner and denies his own grief. Which response reflects advanced practice?

Accepted Answer

Gently normalize that fathers grieve too and deserve their own support

Answer

Normalizing paternal grief and making support explicitly available challenges the cultural expectation that fathers must suppress their grief.

Question 3

When crafting a bereavement care plan for a family from a culture that views discussing death as taboo, the most appropriate first step is:

Accepted Answer

Ask the family how they would like to talk about and remember their baby

Answer

Asking the family directly how they wish to engage respects cultural individuality and avoids assumptions based on group identity.

Question 4

Which documentation practice is most critical in perinatal bereavement care to ensure continuity across care shifts?

Accepted Answer

Logging all memory items offered and the family's response

Answer

Documenting every offered intervention and the family's response ensures subsequent caregivers can provide consistent, informed support.

Question 5

A hospital is evaluating its perinatal bereavement program. Which outcome measure best reflects quality of family-centered bereavement care?

Accepted Answer

Post-discharge family satisfaction surveys and grief follow-up contact rates

Answer

Family satisfaction data and follow-up contact rates directly measure how well the program meets bereaved families' needs and maintains connection.

(PBC) Perinatal Bereavement Certification Practice Test

(PBC) Perinatal Bereavement Certification Practice Test

PBC Advanced Professional Practice 3