A nurse had cared for a terminally ill patient for over a month and always looked forward to spending time with the patient. When the patient died, the nurse experienced sadness and felt mildly depressed
Eventually, the nurse explains these feelings to a mentor. The mentor should counsel the nurse:
a. about stress-reduction strategies.
b. to seek therapy for dysfunctional grief.
c. about the experience of disenfranchised grief.
d. to consider taking a leave of absence to pursue healing.
ANS: C
The nurse is experiencing disenfranchised grief. Nurses often incur loss that is not openly acknowledged or publicly mourned. The loss of a patient may not be recognized or acknowledged by others; therefore the grief is solitary and uncomforted and may be difficult to resolve.
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