6.5 Bereavement and Nursing Process Flashcards
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Maladaptive Assessment
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- Financial issues posed by loss
- Lack of coping skills
- Emotional/Physical dependence on the lost person/item
- History of substance abuse
- History of trauma and abuse
- Multiple losses in a short time
2
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Outcomes
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- Acknowledges awareness of loss
- Able to express feelings about loss
- Verbalizes stages of grief process and behaviors associated with each
- Express personal satisfaction and support from spiritual practices.
3
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Short Term Goals
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- Acknowledge awareness of loss
- Express feelings about loss
- Verbalize own position in the grief process
- Identify meaning/purpose in life, moving forward with hope for the future
4
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Long Term Goals
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- Progress through the grieving process in a healthy manner towards resolution
- Express achievement of support and personal satisfaction of spiritual practices
5
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Interventions
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- Assistance through grief process
- Encourage patient to express feelings about the loss
- Encourage participation in usual religious practices where they derive support
- Assist patient in identifying positive aspects about their life
- Encourage patients to ventilate the meaning of their own existence
6
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Hospice
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- Service that provides supportive and palliative care to meet special needs of a dying patient and their families
- Physical, psychological, spiritual and social support for those where aggressive treatment is no longer appropriate
- FOCUS IS QUALITY OF LIFE
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TEAM FOR HOSPICE CARE
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8
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Nurses
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- Case managers
- Establish needs and goals of the family, assist caregivers, evaluate care, education
9
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Attendants
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- Assist in personal care and activities of daily living. Spend the most time with patients
10
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Physicians
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- May continue medical orders
- Hospice consultant manages pain management treatment
11
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Social Workers
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- Assists with psychosocial stress including patient condition, financial issues, legal needs, bereavement concerns
12
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Volunteers
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- Provide services that otherwise may be financially impossible. Provide transportation, companionship, respite care, house keeping etc.
13
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Rehabilitation Therapist
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- Physical therapist assist in minimizing physical disability.
- Occupational therapist help patients accomplish daily activities as independently as possible
14
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Dietician
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- Help manage patients experiencing n/v, diarrhea, weight loss.
15
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Counselor
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- Helps with mental illness or neurocognitive disorders. Usually a psychiatrist or psychologist
