A first-year nursing student is assigned to care for a dying patient. To best prepare for this assignment, the student should:
A. complete a course on death and dying.
B. be able to control his or her own emotions about death.
C. compare this experience to the death of a family member.
D. develop a personal understanding of his or her own feelings about grief and death.
D
Often when a patient dies, nurses develop personal feelings of loss and sadness for the family. Nurses feel frustration, anger, guilt, sadness, or other emotions. Taking time to assess your own feelings will be a valuable tool in asking whether your personal sadness is related to caring for the patient or to unresolved personal experiences from the past. Stress management techniques may be helpful.
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