Nurse Death Research Paper
Formal Paper- Death
Rosamaria Hernandez
California State University, Fullerton
N305
Lisa Howard-York
November 20, 2016
Certification of authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course.
Signature: Rosamaria Hernandez
Unexpected and untimely patient death is emotionally and psychologically stressful for families, surgeons, and healthcare providers. Nurses experience stressful situations all the time in their workplace. Stress can cause decreased …show more content…
Nurses can experience cumulative grief, this occurs as a result of not having the time or opportunity to completely or adequately grieve each individual event and may result in doubts about professional competency and identity, reduced self-esteem and a preoccupation with grief and death (Stayt, L., 2009). The sudden death of a patient can leave a nurse with doubts as to why or how it happened and if they could have prevented the death. Nurses are left with thoughts of doubt such as “Did I miss something?” or “Did I make a mistake?” this affects them when they are required to care for other patients. The nurse is not given proper time to grieve the loss of their patient and therefore cannot …show more content…
This also allows the nurse a relief from the stressful situation and allows the body to return to a homeostatic state. By providing the support system to the nurse we can minimize negative factors such as feelings of inadequacy and help the nurse become a more confident nurse which will then make her or him a better nurse.
References
Kellogg, M., Kellogg, Barker, M., & McCune, N. (2014). The lived experience of pediatric burn nurses following patient death. , 40(6), 297.
Kent, B. Anderson, N. , & Owens, R. (2012). Nurses’ early experiences with patient death: The results of an on-line survey of registered nurses in New Zealand. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49(10), 1255-1265.
Pender N., Murdough,C.S., & Parsons,M., (2015) Health promotion in nursing practice (7th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson.
Stayt, L. (2009). Death, empathy and self-preservation: The emotional labour of caring for families of the critically ill in adult intensive care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(9),
Rosamaria Hernandez
California State University, Fullerton
N305
Lisa Howard-York
November 20, 2016
Certification of authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course.
Signature: Rosamaria Hernandez
Unexpected and untimely patient death is emotionally and psychologically stressful for families, surgeons, and healthcare providers. Nurses experience stressful situations all the time in their workplace. Stress can cause decreased …show more content…
Nurses can experience cumulative grief, this occurs as a result of not having the time or opportunity to completely or adequately grieve each individual event and may result in doubts about professional competency and identity, reduced self-esteem and a preoccupation with grief and death (Stayt, L., 2009). The sudden death of a patient can leave a nurse with doubts as to why or how it happened and if they could have prevented the death. Nurses are left with thoughts of doubt such as “Did I miss something?” or “Did I make a mistake?” this affects them when they are required to care for other patients. The nurse is not given proper time to grieve the loss of their patient and therefore cannot …show more content…
This also allows the nurse a relief from the stressful situation and allows the body to return to a homeostatic state. By providing the support system to the nurse we can minimize negative factors such as feelings of inadequacy and help the nurse become a more confident nurse which will then make her or him a better nurse.
References
Kellogg, M., Kellogg, Barker, M., & McCune, N. (2014). The lived experience of pediatric burn nurses following patient death. , 40(6), 297.
Kent, B. Anderson, N. , & Owens, R. (2012). Nurses’ early experiences with patient death: The results of an on-line survey of registered nurses in New Zealand. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49(10), 1255-1265.
Pender N., Murdough,C.S., & Parsons,M., (2015) Health promotion in nursing practice (7th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson.
Stayt, L. (2009). Death, empathy and self-preservation: The emotional labour of caring for families of the critically ill in adult intensive care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(9),