How can nurses treat patients who are going through grief situations?

Grief defines a person’s situation after losing something very important to him or her. Grief is very important in the field of nursing because when one does not know what kind of pain, or what kind of mental pain, a patient is having, how can someone treat him/her patient? So, after acknowledging the situation of his/her patient, they can proceed with treatment.

Literature Review:

Many problems occur during the process of grief, and many ways can cause grief; one’s parent’s death, a student’s death, and a sibling’s death can be the cause of grief. To understand this, one needs to have some serious intentions towards the victim of grief, and only then can this be lowered.

Many studies have shown that grief can be dangerous for a whole society, not just for the personal self who is in the condition of grief. Sometimes, when someone is in a situation of grief, suddenly, a thought comes to his mind that the death of someone loved or any other big loss was because of society or that fixed area of people. So then there is a big chance that there can be many deaths and many people will be caught by the ghost of grief as one is comforting themselves and putting others in grief.

Attributes:

There are many attributes of grief, some of which are discussed below.

1. Forget Fullness (A person forgets the most simple tasks, like forgetting important files, forgetting keys in the car, and many other things).
2. Disorganization (a Person usually cannot do the task at the proper time or within the time limit within which he normally does that task).
3. Lowered Tolerance level (The person does not tolerate simple topics, and his nature becomes very furious).
4. Lack of Motivation (A person becomes less motivated by his actions, and one can say that he becomes lazy).

Consequences:

There are some consequences of grief.

1. Physical Effects (there can be suicidal ideas in someone‘s mind, hyperactivity, fatigue, nightmares, insomnia, and many others).
2. Psychological Effects (these effects can be depression, anxiety, panic attacks, hallucinations, and regression about some things of the past).

It can also affect one’s social life. One may not enjoy the things one usually has to be very interested in and show love for. One may also get away from relatives, and the performance of offices and working places can decrease greatly.

Empirical Referents:

There are actually no big instruments that can be used for measuring the level of grief, but somehow the level of blood pressure and brain working level can show a quantitative level of grief. Usually, the ways of calculating grief level are letting the patient get to the high level that he has and examining and analyzing the condition.

Conclusion:

It is inadequate if nurses are just told how they should provide care to the patient during the terminal phase. The way of caring for the patient needs a lot of experience in the field of nursing. Nurses should consider the most qualified and effective educational ways to nurture the skills needed to treat a patient in this kind of treatment rather than waiting for themselves to experience life. Implementation of grief treatment is an opportunity to get feedback on the care nurses provide. Grief care provides motivation and encouragement for nursing and maintains mental health.