Grief Loss Death Lecture Flashcards
Define abbreviated grief
Briefly experienced but genuinely felt (normal type of grief)
Define anticipatory grief
Experienced before the event (wife who grieves before her sick husband dies)
Define complicated grief
Unhealthy grief, unresolved chronic grief, inhibited delayed, exaggerated
This is grief that is prolonged and severe.
Define disenfranchised grief
The individual is unable to acknowledge the loss of others (emotions are felt privately, just NOT expressed in public)
What are the Kubler-Ross stages of grieving?
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
In the Kubler-Ross stage of denial, what is occurring?
The pt refuses to believe that the loss is happening
In the Kubler-Ross stage of anger, what is occurring?
The pt or family May feel direct anger toward the nurse and staff about things that typically would not bother them
In the Kubler-Ross stage of bargaining, what is occurring?
Tries to bargain to avoid loss
In the Kubler-Ross stage of depression, what is occurring?
The pt realizes their impending death, grieves over what happened and cannot be
In the Kubler-Ross stage of acceptance, what is occurring?
THIS IS THE MOST ACTIVE PHASE
Pt comes to terms with loss
May have decreased interest in surroundings and support people.
Factors that influence the loss and grief responses is a persons age (development stage), what is affected during early/ middle adulthood?
Responses to loss are influenced by past experiences with loss (loss of parents- self esteem gets changed because support is gone)
Factors that influence the loss and grief responses is a persons age (development stage), what is affected during late adulthood?
Loss of friends, spouse, functions (mobility)
Widows and widowers deal with loss differently.
Factors that influence the loss and grief responses is a persons socioeconomic status, what is affected during this?
Type of insurance can help those left behind a choice on how to deal with the loss.
also effects how many people you have for your support system
Factors that influence the loss and grief responses is a persons support system, what is affected during this?
The people closest to the pt may withdrawal from the grieving individual. They may be seen when the loss is first know but then will return to normal activities.
Factors that influence the loss and grief responses is a persons cause of death, what is affected during this?
Individual or societal views influence grief response.
Ex: child dying of leukemia vs. someone who died of aids
Some deaths are viewed as clean (positive) or dirty (negative)
