An exploration of grief in contemporary nursing
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In many areas of contemporary clinical practice, nurses are exposed to death and dying, which may contribute to professional burnout. However, little is known about whether nurses who care for the dying patient and their family experience their own grief when patients die. This paper presents a review of the literature to discuss the definitions of this aspect of nursing practice, and examines the concept of grief and its juxtaposition with contemporary nursing. There is a dearth of research examining grief in nursing practice; it is hypothesised that nurses may not feel they can express their grief and become self-disenfranchised due to the assumption that society expects them to remain strong in the face of death, and the expression of grief may give the appearance of vulnerability.
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Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement
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15
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© Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement 2012. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Nursing not elsewhere classified
Public Health and Health Services
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