Loss, Grief, and Dying Flashcards
1
Q
What is actual loss?
A
Can be recognized by others
2
Q
What is perceived loss?
A
Is felt by the person but intangible to others
3
Q
What is maturational loss?
A
Experienced as a result of natural developmental process
4
Q
What is situational loss?
A
Experienced as a result of an unpredictable event?
5
Q
What is anticipatory loss?
A
Loss has not yet taken place
6
Q
What is the definition of grief?
A
Internal emotional reaction to loss
7
Q
What is the definition of bereavement?
A
State of grieving from loss of a loved one?
8
Q
What is mourning?
A
Actions and expressions of grief that make up outward expression of grief
9
Q
What are Engel’s Six Stages of Grief?
A
- Shock and disbelief
- Developing awareness
- Restitution
- Resolving the loss
- Idealization
- Outcome
10
Q
What are Kubler-Ross’s Five Stages of Grief?
A
- Denial and Isolation
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
11
Q
What does a nurse have to do for post-mortem care?
A
- care of body (if patient had disease, legal procedures with body)
- care of family
- discharging legal responsibilities
- death certificate issued and signed
- labeling
- reviewing organ donation
