Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 21, the student should be ready to
• Define loss, mourning, grief and bereavement
• Distinguish between anticipatory grief, uncomplicated grief, dysfunctional grief and complicated grief
• Discuss the use of the nursing process with a client who has experienced a loss
• Describe the competencies needed by the nurse for end-of-life care
• Describe three dimensions of providing comfort for a client at the end of life
• Identify the nurse's role when a client dies