Which strategies would be helpful for nurses who work with terminally ill children to avoid burnout? Select all that apply
1. Participating in a mentoring relationship with experienced hospice nurses
2. Participating in support groups with mental health professionals
3. Participating in team decisions regarding the dying child's plan of care
4. Declining the family's invitation to attend the child's funeral
5. Planning the child and family's care alone as the primary nurse
1, 2, 3
Explanation:
1. Team decisions, mentorship, and support groups all alleviate the responsibility of providing nursing care and coping with the death of a child alone.
2. Team decisions, mentorship, and support groups all alleviate the responsibility of providing nursing care and coping with the death of a child alone.
3. Team decisions, mentorship, and support groups all alleviate the responsibility of providing nursing care and coping with the death of a child alone.
4. Distancing oneself from the family can result in unresolved grief.
5. Planning the child's care alone might result in an excessive burden of guilt.
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