After the anticipated demise of a chronically ill patient, the unit nurse is found crying in the staff lounge. The best response to her crying colleague would be
a. "It is normal to feel this way. Give yourself some time to mourn."
b. "Your other patients still need you, so hurry back to them."
c. "You're being a bad role model to the unit's nursing students."
d. "Why don't you take a sedative to cope?"
A
Nurses often witness suffering on a daily basis. Nurses, as humans, also experience grief and loss when they have been intensely involved in the patient's suffering and death. Offer comfort and understanding to colleagues, and maintain a stable patient care environment. It is inappropriate to create guilt by telling a grieving nurse to hurry back to her patients or by indicating that she is a bad role model. Suggesting that a colleague take sedative during a shift is dangerous for the safety of patients in her care.
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