NUR 4227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language, Lorazepam, Dentures
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Who is impacted by grief: client, family, nurse and other caregivers, provides end of life care, facilitates grief process, assists survivors. Types of loss: loss of object, ie: possessions in a hurricane, loss of environment, ie: relocation, job, loss of significant other, ie: being promoted, moving, loss of aspect of self, loss of life. Definitions: grief, emotional response to a loss , unique to individual, mourning, outward, social expression of a loss, rituals culturally defined, bereavement, includes grief and mourning, internal and external expressions of grief of the survivor. Theories of grief: k bler-ross"s stages of dying, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, individuals move between stages, goal is to learn to live with the loss. Symptoms of normal grief: feelings, sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, fatigue, hopelessness, shock, yearning, emancipation, physical sensations, hollowness in stomach, chest tightness, throat tightening, oversensitivity to noise, depersonalization, shortness of breath, muscle weakness, lack of energy, dry mouth.
