I'm at a Loss
Defined as a change or removal of a valuable item, person or situation.
What is loss?
" I hear you say..."
What is therapeutic communication?
Higher-brain death
The Uniform Law Commission
Determination of Death Act
How is death defined?
The intensity depends on the meaning the person attaches to the loss.
What is grief?
High potassium levels
What is hyperkalemia?
It includes death of a loved one, theft, deterioration, destruction, and natural disaster.
What is actual loss?
What do you do to relieve stress?
What is assessing coping skills?
This care can be provided over a long period of time for a dying person. This is planned care that encompasses the family and significant others also. The goal is to increase patient/family satisfaction, improve symptom control and save money for hospitals.
What is palliative care?
George Engel, John Bowlby, Theresa Rando, William Worden and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Who are grief theorist?
Low calcium
What is hypocalcemia?
Understanding developmental stages can help this population understand grief and loss.
Who are children?
I could not get to work on time because I just can't get out of bed. The thought of going to work makes me exhausted.
What is burnout?
What is hospice care?
Significance of the loss, support system, unresolved conflict, circumstances of the loss, previous and multiple losses, spiritual/cultural beliefs and practices and timeliness of death
Why do people grieve differently?
Normal level is 275 to 295 mOsm/kg
What is normal human osmolarity?
Taking time the time to debrief, provide self care and recognizing burnout helps this population cope with grief and loss.
Who are nurses?
Encourage questions and respond to them within a reasonable time.
What is allowing patients and families to express feelings?
A physical, psychological and spiritual response to a loss.
What is grief?
Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood and Older Adulthood
What are developmental stages and grief?
0.45% Normal Saline is an example and the fluid goes into the cell
What is a hypotonic solution?
1. Injuries
2. Removal of an organ or body part
3. Loss of function
What is physical loss?
Tell me what you understand about the decisions you have made regarding your mom's DNR.
What is assessing the knowledge base of a patient or family member?
Uncomplicated Grief (Normal/Functional Grief)
Dysfunctional (Complicated Grief)
Disenfranchised Grief
Anticipatory Grief
What are types of grief?
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
What are Kubler-Ross stages of grief?
Fluid overload can cause the sodium level to drop below the expected range
What is hyponatremia?