A nurse educator is teaching a group of nursing students about the feelings associated with losing a client. The educator suggests which activity as the most helpful when a nurse is coping with feelings of grief?
A) Keeping a scrapbook of pictures of clients after they have died
B) Attending the wake or funeral of the client
C) Taking a week off from work in order to grieve
D) Leaving the unit to go home immediately after the client has died
Answer: B
Nurses need closure for their grief in much the same way families do. Attending the wake and/or funeral allows the nurse time to say goodbye and offers support to the family. Keeping a scrapbook of pictures of dead clients is not a healthy way to resolve grief. Taking a week off from work is probably not healthy or realistic. Leaving the unit immediately after the client's death is desertion of a sort. The nurse should stay with the family and give death care with the family to the client, as this will also help with closure.
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