Loss & Grief
An uncomplicated grieving process.
What is normal grief?
A role of the primary nurse to educate the patient and/or their family.
What is a teacher?
Arriving late to clinical.
What is a tardy?
This law protects patient information from being shared without permission.
What is HIPPA?
A commitment to include patients in decision making processes.
When a person engages in daily living without signs of grief.
What is masked grief?
This person is responsible for the ongoing coordination of care for a single patient over a longer duration of time.
What is a primary nurse?
This is to be attached securely to a scrub top.
What is an ID badge?
When a nurse refuses to provide care to a patient after an establishing a relationship to them.
What is patient abandonment?
To provide care that has no benefit, or is useless.
What is futile care?
Actions a person can take to handle their feelings after a loss.
What are coping strategies?
Care aimed at including the mind, body, and spirit.
What is holistic care?
Clothing worn to clinical should be washed to avoid this.
What is spreading infection?
Restraining someone against their will.
What is false imprisonment?
A group of people who address unusual or complex ethical issues.
What is an ethics committee?
When a person expects loss and can plan for it.
What is anticipatory grief?
When a primary nurse takes ownership of an outcome.
What is accountability?
This is a basic nursing responsibility in order to keep patient information private.
What is confidentiality?
An intentional physical contact that causes injury.
What is battery?
A personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards that influence behavior.
What are values?
Grief that reappears during certain times, such as the anniversary of the persons loss.
What is renewed grief?
A primary nurses role when they assist a patient in navigating their healthcare.
What is a guide?
Students are required to follow this ethical practice stated by the American Nurses Association, and as identified in the student handbook.
What is a code of conduct?
A nurse’s professional, moral, and legal duty to report suspected abuse, neglect, epidemics, or any other communicable to infectious diseases.
What is mandatory reporting?
This can occur after situations when a nurse is unable to do the right thing.
What is moral distress?