NSE 21A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Death Care Industry In The United States, Insomnia, Homicide
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A concept analysis: the grieving process for nurses tina brunelli. Nurses are expected to deal with it, or help the family or patient cope. Kubler-ross (1969) defines grieving process as moving through five stages: denial (denying the presence of loss or disease, anger (at the loss or about being ill toward people or god, bargaining (is there another way, depression, acceptance. In order to experience the grieving process, the nurse must experience loss or perceived loss. Mustn"t repress his or her grief for the sake of looking strong or in the. Must work through stages of grieving process until a healthy resolution name of looking professional and acceptance of loss is obtained. The grieving process has the defining characteristic of being a loss that causes grief. Loss is then processed to acceptance or resolution of this loss through stages such as denial, anger, disorganization, reorganization, and depression.