Chapter15 DRAFT

The undesired change or removal of a valued object, person, or situation

Physical, psychological, and spiritual responses to a loss

Action associated with grief

Mourning and adjustment time following a loss

Who were the 4 main grief theorists?

The student nurse has earned “A’s” in all of her prerequisite courses. For the first exam in a nursing course, she earns a “D” and now feels that she may not be smart enough to become a nurse. In terms of a “loss” the student is experiencing an/a:
A) actual loss
B) physical loss
C) perceived loss
D) external loss

True or False
A young woman’s fiancé died in a car accident one month prior to their wedding day. Since his death, she has become sexually promiscuous. She is responding to her loss with uncomplicated grief.

4 types of grief:

3 subgroups of complicated grief: