5 stages
What are the five stages of grief?
Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance.
The five stages describe the emotional journey of patients facing terminal illnesses
experiencing anger can make you feel less vulnerable.
true.
It protects you from the more vulnerable emotions like sadness.
What feelings does a person feel while experiencing depression?
Feelings of sadness and despair
depression is when you realize the death happened and you are very sad about it.
what is dignity and respect
The right to be treated with compassion.
Don't judge patients for their decisions.
What are Components of Care.
Pain management, breathing support, emotional support, and spiritual care.
You want the patient to be comfortable.
How would you explain someone experiencing denial?
The refusal to accept death temporarily distracts the person from negative thoughts.
people experiencing denial can't accept someone died.
depression can’t help process grief.
false
feeling sad is good, it means you finally accepted death actually happened.
what feelings would someone who is experiencing bargaining feel?
guilt and self blaming.
Bargaining is thinking back and blaming yourself for what happened.
What is comfort and care.
The right to be free from pain and to receive continuous.
Focusing on comfort rather than a cure.
What is Hospice Care.
Specialized, comfort-focused care for patients with a terminal prognosis of six months or less.
When your getting closer to death you need more care.
How might a patient act when they are experiencing anger?
Blame others or themselves, get furious and act out.
People at the anger stage are so overwhelmed with there emotions that they get frustrated.
Everyone goes through these stages in the exact order while dealing with grief.
false.
Many people feel their grief differently and can go back to feeling the same emotions.
what feelings would someone who is experiencing denial feel?
feelings of hopelessness and helpessness.
You aren't realizing that the person is actually gone to protect yourself from the emotions.
what is decision making.
The right to participate in care decisions.
have their wishes honored based of their beliefs.
What is planing?
Involves advance directives, living wills, and deciding on care preferences.
When getting closer to death you need to think about what you are gonna leave behind.
What is bargaining?
An attempt to regain control and negotiate the reality of the loss.
People experiencing bargaining always ask "what if" or "if only".
You can go through the five stages of grief but still go back to the way you felt before.
True.
Many people can regress and go back to where they started, whether it's because they got triggered by something or they start to think about the death again.
what feelings would someone who is experiencing anger feel?
frustrated and blaming yourself.
People experiencing anger are frustrated because they can't do anything about it.
What is spiritual support.
The right to express emotions in their own way.
The nurse should respect their spiritual beliefs.
signs/ symptoms approaching death
cognitive and physical changes.
Your brain and body start to decline.
Who studied the 5 stages of grief in the 1960s?
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
She studied people experiencing grief.
The five stages of grief can't help process a death.
False.
Being able to feel all of your emotions and expressing them is good for you while processing a loss.
what feelings would someone who is experiencing acceptance feel?
moving forward and being able to accept the death.
Acceptance is when you're ok with the death and are able to move on.
What is information
The right to have questions answered honestly and to not be deceived.
Even though the news is hard you have to be honest.
What support can a caregiver give.
support for family members, caregivers, and, often, bereavement care after the loss.
After death a caregiver should offer support to their family.