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C Exam 4

Grief & Loss

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What is Loss? something or someone of value inaccessible or drastically changed. (Loved one, friendship, mobility, independence, limb)
What is Grief? psychologic, biologic, and behavioral response to loss
What is Mourning? processing and resolution of grief; varies widely.
What is Breavement? response to having lost another through death
What is actual loss? identified and acknowledged by others
What is anticipatory loss? knowing a loss is coming
What is perceived loss? felt but not acknowledged or verified by others
What is cumulative loss? several losses within a short period
What is developmental/ maturational loss? Expected losses related growth and development
What is a situational loss? unexpected loss, unusual circumstances.
What is anticipatory grief? experienced before an event.
What is disenfranchised grief? individuals cannot acknowledge loss to others. Socially or culturally unacceptable.
What is complicated grief? debilitating grief lasting longer than 6 months.
What are the stages of grief? -Denial -Anger -Bargaining -Depression -Acceptance
What is miscarriage? during first 20 weeks of gestation
What is a stillborn? loss of a baby after 20 weeks
Who has an increased risk for suicide? older adults
What are antidepressants? used to treat moderate to severe depression related to grief and loss.
Pharmacological therapies
What is hospice care? end of life care and support for the family when cure/treatment is no longer the goal
What is palliative care? support of pt and family while continuing treatment, pain relief. Do not have to be dying to receive palliative care.
What are some considerations for Buddhism? Mouth & eyes left open Others don't touch the body Body covered in cotton sheet Strict silence after death MOBS
What are some considerations of Hinduism? Head of dying person facing east with a lamp by the head of bed Chant mantras in right ear Family members prefer to wash the body after death
What are some considerations of Islam? Don't touch unless Muslim Eyes closed after death Family members prepare the body
What are some considerations for Judaism? Rabbi present Burial within 24 hours Family closes eyes on death
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