A Identifying the Stages of grief PDF

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Care of clients who are dying and/or grieving: Identifying the Stages of Grief CONCEPT ______________________________________________________________________________

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Underlying Principles

(E.G., DELEGATION, LEVELS OF PREVENTION, ADVANCE DIRECTIVES)

Denial : The client has difficulty believing a terminal diagnosis or loss.

Nursing Interventions WHO? WHEN? WHY? HOW?

- Clients who are experiencing a complicated grief response commonly experience a loss of self-esteem and a sense of worthlessness not associated with normal grief. -

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- Allow time for the grieving process. - Educate the client and family on the stages and tasks associated with the grieving process. - Identify expected grieving behaviors, (crying, somatic manifestations, anxiety). - Use therapeutic communication. Name the emotion that the client is feeling. For example, a nurse might says, "You sound as though you are angry. Anger is a normal feeling for someone who has lost a loved one. Tell me about how you are feeling." - Use silence and personal presence to facilitate mourning of feelings. - Avoid communication that inhibits open expression of feelings. - When relating to msomeone who is bereaved, avoid cliches. - Assist the individual to accept the reality of the loss. - Support the client's efforts to " move on" in the face of the loss. - Encourage the building of new relationships. - Encourage the client who is grieving to attend a bereavement or grief support group. - Initiate a referral for psychotherapy for a client who is having a maladaptive grief response. - Provide infomation on available commmunity resources.

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