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Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, the

student should be able to

1.Identify the types of losses
for which people may
grieve.

2.Discuss various theories of
understanding the grief
process.

3.Describe the five dimensions
of grieving.

4.Discuss universal and
culturally specific mourning
rituals.

5.Discuss disenfranchised
grief and the vulnerability
of nurses who experience it.

6.Identify factors that in-
crease a person’s suscepti-
bility to complications
related to grieving.

7.Discuss factors that are
critical to integrating loss
into life.

8.Apply the nursing process
to facilitate grieving for
clients and families.

Key Terms

acculturation

adaptive denial

anticipatory grieving

attachment behaviors

attentive presence

bereavement

complicated grieving

disenfranchised grief

dysfunctional grieving

grief

Grief and

Loss

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grieving

homeostasis

mourning

phase of disorganization

and despair

phase of numbing

phase of reorganization

phase of yearning and

searching

spirituality