Konner Nursing

Define grief

• Internal emotional reaction to loss

• Physical reaction to illness

• A stage of acceptance

• A form of denial

What is anticipatory loss?

• A loss not yet taken place

• Recognized by others

• Forgotten loss

• Loss after death

What is perceived loss?

• Only after death

• Tangible to everyone

• Always illness-related

• Felt by a person but not obvious to others

What is actual loss?

• Not visible

• Recognized by others

• Only physiological

• Only emotional

Which is NOT a stage of grief?

• Denial

• Bargaining

• Anger

• Shock

What are the five stages of grief?

Palliative Care means?

• Don’t give up the treatment that could cure the illness

• Stop treatment

• Only for cancer

• Rehab

Hospice care means

• Attempts to cure the persons illness are stopped

• Disability prevention

• Cancer

• Rehab

Sign of impending death

• High BP

• Strong pulse

• Decreasing BP

• Appetite increase

Weak, slow, or irregular pulse indicates:

• Respiratory illness

• Impending death

• Infection

• Normal aging