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loss -ANSWER - when someone or something of value experiences change or is no longer accessible resulting in diminishing or removing of its value - Actual, perceived, anticipatory, necessary, developmental/maturational, and situational actual loss -ANSWER recognizable to the person experiencing the loss, as well as, other people. Ex. Death perceived loss -ANSWER recognizable to the person experiencing the loss but not to others. Ex. older person with loss of independence anticipatory loss -ANSWER when a person experiences a reaction to a loss that has not occurred yet. Ex. terminal news (grieve a loss that hasnt happened yet) necessary loss -ANSWER related to changes in the life cycle that can be anticipated. developmental/maturational -ANSWER normal and expected, results from the normal life transitions in the developmental process of life, and results in the development of coping skills situational loss -ANSWER unanticipated and caused by an external event. Ex. car wreck grief -ANSWER - an internal emotional reaction to loss - types: normal/uncomplicated, dysfunctional/complicated, anticipatory, and disenfranchised mourning -ANSWER the act of grieving and expressing grief bereavement -ANSWER a state of grieving due to loss of a loved one normal/uncomplicated grief -ANSWER - may show negative emotions, such as hopelessness, withdrawal, anger, resentment, and guilt - over time, negative emotions will change to acceptance with some acceptance being evident by 6 months following the loss - may demonstrate physical complaints, such as fatigue, change in sleeping patterns, chest pain, palpitations, nausea and headaches dysfunctional/complicated grief -ANSWER - also called unresolved grief - difficult progression through the usual grief stages - usu