Understanding Grief and Loss in Nursing
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Grief [ Ans: ] Combination of various psychological,
biological, and behavioral responses to loss.
Loss [ Ans: ] Something/someone of value is rendered
inaccessible or drastically changed.
Bereavement [ Ans: ] The response to having lost another
through death.
Mourning [ Ans: ] Processing and resolutions of grief.
Anticipatory grief [ Ans: ] Occurs BEFORE the loss itself.
Disenfranchised grief [ Ans: ] The inability to acknowledge
loss to others.
Complicated grief [ Ans: ] Grief that occurs as the result of
an individual not being able to process grief to the point
of resolution.
Actual loss [ Ans: ] Identified and recognized by others.
Anticipatory loss [ Ans: ] Known loss is coming.
Perceived loss [ Ans: ] Felt by individual, but not verified
as loss from the outside.
, Cumulative loss [ Ans: ] Several losses in a short period of
time.
Kubler-Ross model [ Ans: ] Focus on individual grieving
loss of their own life: Denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, acceptance.
Engle's model [ Ans: ] Focus on grieving for a loss of
another: Shock, disbelief (denial and anger), awareness,
restitution, idealization, outcome
(acceptance/understanding).
Sanders model [ Ans: ] Stages include shock, awareness
(denial and anger), conservation (depression/weakened
from loss), healing, renewal (feelings of grief lessen and
feelings of acceptance start).
Normal grief reactions [ Ans: ] Difficult to define; all
individuals grieve differently.
Common manifestations of grief [ Ans: ] Sadness, anxiety,
guilt, anger, confusion, sleep disturbances, loss of
appetite.
Age and grief [ Ans: ] Children who experience loss at an
early age are at risk for intense grieving; adults' grief
response depends on personality, circumstances, and
support systems.
Gender and grief [ Ans: ] Society/culture may influence or
complicate the grieving process due to stereotypical
expectations of behavior, based on gender.
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Grief [ Ans: ] Combination of various psychological,
biological, and behavioral responses to loss.
Loss [ Ans: ] Something/someone of value is rendered
inaccessible or drastically changed.
Bereavement [ Ans: ] The response to having lost another
through death.
Mourning [ Ans: ] Processing and resolutions of grief.
Anticipatory grief [ Ans: ] Occurs BEFORE the loss itself.
Disenfranchised grief [ Ans: ] The inability to acknowledge
loss to others.
Complicated grief [ Ans: ] Grief that occurs as the result of
an individual not being able to process grief to the point
of resolution.
Actual loss [ Ans: ] Identified and recognized by others.
Anticipatory loss [ Ans: ] Known loss is coming.
Perceived loss [ Ans: ] Felt by individual, but not verified
as loss from the outside.
, Cumulative loss [ Ans: ] Several losses in a short period of
time.
Kubler-Ross model [ Ans: ] Focus on individual grieving
loss of their own life: Denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, acceptance.
Engle's model [ Ans: ] Focus on grieving for a loss of
another: Shock, disbelief (denial and anger), awareness,
restitution, idealization, outcome
(acceptance/understanding).
Sanders model [ Ans: ] Stages include shock, awareness
(denial and anger), conservation (depression/weakened
from loss), healing, renewal (feelings of grief lessen and
feelings of acceptance start).
Normal grief reactions [ Ans: ] Difficult to define; all
individuals grieve differently.
Common manifestations of grief [ Ans: ] Sadness, anxiety,
guilt, anger, confusion, sleep disturbances, loss of
appetite.
Age and grief [ Ans: ] Children who experience loss at an
early age are at risk for intense grieving; adults' grief
response depends on personality, circumstances, and
support systems.
Gender and grief [ Ans: ] Society/culture may influence or
complicate the grieving process due to stereotypical
expectations of behavior, based on gender.
