GCC NURSE Exam Study Guide.
Loss - answerAn aspect of self no longer available to
a person
Death - answerCessation of life
Grief - answerPattern of physical and emotional responses to bereavement
Mortality - answerThe condition of being subject to death
_____________ it was common for patient...
Loss - answer✔An aspect of self no longer available to
a person
Death - answer✔Cessation of life
Grief - answer✔Pattern of physical and emotional responses to bereavement
Mortality - answer✔The condition of being subject to death
_____________ it was common for patients to die at home in their own beds with family present
- answer✔Before the1950s
___________ the health care system became highly mechanized and dying occurred mostly in
institutions - answer✔From the 1950s to 1980s
___________ when diagnosis related groups
(DRGs) came into play, this trend changed - answer✔By the early 1980s
the recuperating or terminally ill patient is often discharged to __________________. -
answer✔home, a convalescent home, or a nursing home
Pioneers in death and dying theory such as Kübler-Ross, Glassner, and Strauss produced works
that stimulated the health care industry to research topics about death and dying -
answer✔1960s
Hospices became recognized as health care delivery systems - answer✔1970s
Grief therapy was introduced when Benoliel and Martocchio added new insights into the needs
and care of the dying patient - answer✔1908s
Obvious losses - answer✔Death of a loved one
Divorce
Breakup of a relationship
Loss of a job
Maturational loss - answer✔- Loss resulting from normal life transitions
- Loss of childhood dreams, the loss felt by
adolescents when a romance fails, loss felt when
leaving family home for college or marriage and
establishing a home of one's own
- As individuals age, they experience menopause
and loss of hair, teeth, hearing, sight, and "youth"
Situational loss - answer✔- A loss occurring suddenly in response to a specific
external event
- Sudden death of a loved one, or the unemployed
person who suffers low self-esteem
Personal loss - answer✔- Any loss that requires adaptation through the
grieving process
- Loss occurring when something or someone can
no longer be seen, felt, heard, known, or
experienced; individuals respond to loss differently
Grief - answer✔- The subjective response of emotional pain to
actual or anticipated loss
- The total process of reacting and responding to
the losses in one's life
Bereavement - answer✔- A common depressed reaction to the death of a
loved one
Mourning - answer✔A reaction activated by a person to assist in overcoming a great personal
loss
Morbidity - answer✔- Are seen after significant losses, can be both
Grief and Grieving Nurse's role - answer✔- Assess for grieving behaviors
- Recognize the influence of grief on behavior
- Provide empathetic support
Anticipatory grief - answer✔- This type of grief is to expect, await, or prepare
oneself for the loss of a family member or
significant other
- It is somewhat easier to cope with loss if it is
expected
- Having time for anticipation does not necessarily
ease the pain of loss
- Emotions expressed at this time can make the
loss less conflicted
___________ of someone who is not "supposed to" die is the most difficult grief to bear -
answer✔Sudden death
Nurse's grief - answer✔Nurse must come to grips with it
Understanding the grief process
Appreciating the experience of the dying patient
Using effective listening skills
Acknowledging personal limits
Knowing when there is a need to get away and
take care of self
Signs, symptoms, and behaviors of dysfunctional
grieving - answer✔- Acquisition of symptoms belonging to the last illness of the deceased
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