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NUR151 - Grief

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Actual Loss any loss of a person or object that can no longer be felt, heard, known, or experienced by the individual – body part, death, loss of job
Perceived less tangible and easily misunderstood. Any loss that is uniquely defined by the grieving client – rejection by friend, loss of confidence
Maturational resulting from normal life transitions i.e.. Child going to school
Situational loss occurring in response to a specific external event such as a death or your house burning – auto accident, injury w/physical change
Bereavement state of thought, feeling & activity that follows loss - includes grief & mourning - event of losing an important person to death
Grief form of sorrow that follows perception/anticipation of loss of one or more valued/significant objects - helplessness, depression, insomnia, loneliness, depression, hopelessness, sadness, guilt and anger
Anticipatory grief feelings of grief that develop before, rather than after, loss; process of disengaging - can be: debilitating, lengthy illness, Fatal illness, ability to fulfill expected role
Mourning process that follows loss & includes working through grief - culturally patterned expressions of bereavement and grief – intense, Internal, Painful, Lengthy
Disenfranchised Grief grief a person experiences when they incur loss that cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported – death of gay partner/dog
Dysfunctional Grief grief work is unresolved – conflicts not resolved - person heavily dependent on the deceased - unresolved issues/conflicts
Palliative care therapy designed to relieve or reduce intensity of uncomfortable symptoms but not to produce a cure
Kubler-Ross Theory of grieving 1969 – DABDA – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
Dysfunctional grief is distinguished by intensity, duration and degree to which it interferes with functioning
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