NURS 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prolonged Grief Disorder, Therapeutic Relationship, Ectopic Pregnancy
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To explore theoretical understanding of the stages of dying. To examine and apply therapeutic communicative behaviours during loss and end- of-life care. When someone or something is taken away or denied. When there is absence of an: object house in a fire, position job, ability amputee, attribute loss of trustworthy due to social media. Grief- encompasses the painful emotions and related behavioural and physical responses to a major loss and the process of adaption and recovery. Acute sudden death; psychological and somatic symptoms (tightness in throat, headache) Delayed occurs later than usual, as a delayed onset (ptsd) Complicated (absence of grief; long- term grief) significantly and functionally impaired by prolonged grief symptoms for at least one month. Myth: the pain will go away faster if you ignore it. Fact: trying to ignore your pain or keep it from surfacing will only make it worse in the long run.
