GRIEF,

MOURNING,

BEREAVEMENT
GRIEF
AN EMOTIONAL REACTION
TO THE BEREAVEMENT WITH
THIS COMPLEX AND A PART
OF THE EMOTIONAL
ELEMENT THAT ENTAILS
COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, AND A
BEHAVIOURAL ELEMENT.
Stages of Grief
Denial
A SHOCK ABSORBER BUILT
OF NUMBNESS AND
DISBELIEF THAT PROTECTS
US FROM BECOMING
OVERWHELMED BY GIVING
OUR MINDS TIME TO
PREPARE FOR EXPERIENCING
THE IMMENSE PAIN OF LOSS.
Anger
BEING PROTECTIVE BY
ALLOWING US TO MOVE
CLOSER TO DEAL WITH THE
LOSS, BUT NOT SO CLOSE
AS TO BECOME
OVERWHELMED.
Bargaining
A LINE OF DEFENSE
AGAINST THE EMOTIONS OF
GRIEF. IT HELPS YOU
POSTPONE SADNESS,
CONFUSION, OR HURT.
Depression
STAGE IN WHICH WE
FINALLY FEEL THE FULL
IMPACT OF THE LOSS
WITH ALL ITS
IMPLICATIONS.
Acceptance
IT COMES AFTER WE CLOSE
OUR EYES , KICK AND
SCREAM, PLEAD AND BEG ,
CRY AND HURT, AND THEN
FINALLY FIGURE OUT HOW
TO LIVE LIFE IN THE
NORMAL WAY AS IT WAS.
MOURNING
• IT IS HOW PEOPLE SHOW
THEIR GRIEF TO THE
OUTSIDE WORLD THROUGH
RITUALS LIKE FUNERALS,
THROUGH ACTIONS
PRACTICES.
• INFLUENCED BY THIRD
PARTIES: SOCIETAL
EXPECTATIONS, RELIGION
AND CULTURE.
BEREAVEMENT

• IT IS THE GRIEF AND

MOURNING EXPERIENCES
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF
SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO
YOU. WHILE IT’S AN
INEVITABLE PART OF LIFE
SOMETHING THAT VIRTUALLY
ALL OF US GO THROUGH AT
SOME POINT.
NURSING MANAGEMENT FOR GRIEF,
MOURNING AND BEREAVEMENT
• ✅SUPPORT THE CLIENT IN ANTICIPATORY GRIEVING.
• ✅INFORM THE CLIENT OF EXPECTED REACTIONS TO GRIEF AND LOSS
(E.G., DENIAL, FEAR) 
• ✅PROVIDE THE CLIENT WITH RESOURCES TO ADJUST TO
LOSS/BEREAVEMENT (E.G., INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, SUPPORT
GROUPS)
• ✅EVALUATE THE CLIENT'S COPING AND FEARS RELATED TO GRIEF
AND LOSS.
• ✅IDENTIFY THE LOSS.
• ✅ASSIST THE PATIENT TO IDENTIFY THE INITIAL REACTION TO THE
LOSS.
• ✅LISTEN TO EXPRESSIONS OF GRIEF.
• ✅ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION OF PREVIOUS LOSS EXPERIENCES.
• ✅ENCOURAGE THE VERBALIZATION OF MEMORIES OF THE
LOSS.
• ✅MAKE EMPATHETIC STATEMENTS ABOUT GRIEF.
• ✅ENCOURAGE IDENTIFICATION OF GREATEST FEARS
CONCERNING THE LOSS.
• ✅EDUCATE ABOUT STAGES AND TASKS OF THE GRIEVING
PROCESS, AS APPROPRIATE.
• ✅SUPPORT PROGRESSION THROUGH PERSONAL GRIEVING
STAGES.
• ✅ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING PERSONAL COPING STRATEGIES.
• ✅ENCOURAGE IMPLEMENTATION OF CULTURAL,
RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LOSS.
• ✅ANSWER CHILDREN’S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOSS
AND ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION OF FEELINGS.
• ✅IDENTIFY SOURCES OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
• ✅REINFORCE PROGRESS MADE IN THE GRIEVING
PROCESS.
• ✅ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING MODIFICATIONS NEEDED IN
LIFESTYLE.
Thank you
References

● https://www.verywellmind.com/five-stages-of-grief-41
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● https://www.cruse.org.uk/understanding-grief/effects-
of-grief/five-stages-of-grief/