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| Coping With Loss (2010 Update) |
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Gerontology:
Grief & Loss
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| Authors |
Joan Beder
Joan Beder, MSW, ACSW, DSW |
| Hours |
1.60 contact hours
Contact hours are awarded by CEU4U, Inc. on successful post test completion. CEU4U, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation |
| Expires |
January 2014 |
| Level |
Advanced |
| Passing Grade |
70% |
| Test Retries |
Unlimited
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After completion of this course the participant should be able to:
- Define dying and explore various approaches to care for the terminally ill.
- Describe the specific needs of the caregivers, family members and patient in a terminal situation.
- Outline specific interventions to be used by nurses and health care professionals working with the terminally ill and grievers.
- Identify the psychosocial implications of death within the family.
- Introduce the literature on theories of grief and bereavement with interventions.
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To take just this course, test, and evaluation and get your certificate online, the cost is only $ 24.00!
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Price |
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| 10 |
$ 142 |
$ 14.20 |
5% FREE! |
| 15 |
$ 203 |
$ 13.53 |
10% FREE! |
| 20 |
$ 257 |
$ 12.85 |
14% FREE! |
| 25 |
$ 302 |
$ 12.08 |
19% FREE! |
| 30 |
$ 339 |
$ 11.30 |
25% FREE! |
| 35 |
$ 367 |
$ 10.49 |
30% FREE! |
| 40 |
$ 386 |
$ 9.65 |
36% FREE! |
| 45 |
$ 405 |
$ 9.00 |
40% FREE! |
Hours purchased are good for an unlimited time, but only within the discipline they were purchased in.
(If located in Ohio state taxes will be applied before purchase)
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No Commercial Support or Sponsorship is accepted by CEU4U, Inc.
Products, drugs, and/or therapies discussed within this educational offering do NOT imply endorsement by CEU4U, Inc. or American Nurses Credentialing Center.
The author(s) and planning committee of this content declare that they have no real or perceived conflict of interest related to this presentation.
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Course Sample:
Goal
- To orient the nurse/health care professional to approaches and strategies in working with patient and families in the dying and bereavement experience.
Introduction
If we live, we die; it is that simple and that complex. Every death is different and often speaks to the life that preceded it. If we are connected to others in our life, the impact of the dying may be far-reaching and may affect many lives. Those with whom we are close and closely bonded may suffer a complex and protracted period of grief. While in the grips of the drama of dying and for the period of bereavement/mourning after the loss, many people will turn to health care professionals - e,g., nurses, social workers, counselors, psychologists - to help them through this difficult period. An understanding of the phases of dying and the period of bereavement following a death have been discussed extensively in the literature; armed with this understanding and orientation, we can be helpful to those experiencing this difficult transition.
Throughout this course, the terms nurse and health care professional are used interchangeably.
*Caregivers and family are used interchangeably throughout the text, denoting those immediately involved with the dying person.
What is Dying?
While the answer to this question seems obvious - when we stop breathing - it begs further discussion. Dying can be seen within a psychosocial context as it is within the realm of the personal and social life that dying occurs. As such, there is a process to dying that affects both the patient and caregiver(s).* Viewed through this lens, it is more than the moment of death that has to be considered. Kastenbaum (1998) suggests several contexts in which the onset of dying begins:
- Dying begins when the patient/caregiver(s) has been informed of their terminal condition.
- Dying begins when the patient/caregiver(s) begins to realize/internalize the reality of the dying.
- Dying begins when there is nothing more that can be done to preserve life.
The preparation for dying for both the patient and family may begin at any of these junctures. The pioneering work of psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1969) identified stages that both the patient and family members go through when receiving information of a terminal situation:
- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
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