Feel comfortable being screened for depression

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You present to the clinic, where you are an established patient, for your follow-up visit with your nurse practitioner. During your assessment before the visit, the nurse asks you how you are doing after the recent death of your spouse. You begin to cry. Describe how the nurse should respond. Analyze whether you would feel comfortable being screened for depression at this time and whether you would want to be educated about your risks for depression during this visit.

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