NSE 21A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nursing Process, Insomnia, Process Variable
22 Feb 2020
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Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape . Emotional and behavioral response to loss normal reaction to loss &/ manifest self in psychological & physiological ways: revolve of loss/sorrow/suffering associated w/ death. Universal experience: unique for everyone, no typical response. Related symptoms: fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, insomnia, pain, nervousness, loneliness, emptiness, abandonment, fear, anxiety, sense of being lost, uncertainty about the future. Anticipatory grief ****** occurs during the dying process. Prolonged grief - intensity last 1+ years. Disenfranchised grief - cannot be publicly acknowledged grieving in secret . Mourning: the social customs and cultural practices carried out following a death, is part of period of bereavement. How one reconciles personal feelings of loss: develops peace w/in self & be able to move on. Incorporates experience of loss into the lives of the bereaved. Withdrawing energy from the relationship with the deceased and reinvesting in other relationships.
