Grief

Grief

After studying

Module 7: Lecture Materials & Resources

, discuss the following:

• Grief: define and describe the physical symptoms, psychological and social responses and its spiritual aspects.
• Summarize the types of grief.
• Although death is a universal human experience, please specify culture-specific considerations that exist regarding attitudes toward the loss of a loved one, including age (child or older adult) and cause of death.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

Gerontological Transitions & End of Life Matters

Read

and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

Read

• Meiner, S. E., & Yeager, J. J. (2019).

  Chapter 26
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  Chapter 27
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  Chapter 28
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  Chapter 29
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Watch

None.

Supplemental Materials & Resources

• Visit the CINAHL Complete under the A-to-Z Databases on the University Library’s website and locate the articles below:

  Ellington, L., Reblin, M., Clayton, M. F., Berry, P., & Mooney, K. (2012). Hospice Nurse Communication with Patients with Cancer and their Family Caregivers.Journal of Palliative Medicine,15(3), 262–268.
  Duke, G., Thompson, S. & Hastie, M. (2007). Factors influencing completion of advanced directives in hospitalized patients. Journal of Palliative Nursing, 13(1), 39-43.
  Bockhold, C., Hughes, R., & Ashley, K. (2016). The ethics of opioids for chronic noncancer pain. Nursing 2016, 46(10), 63-67.