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A 7 page paper assessing how a nurse might approach grief counseling for a 42-year-old ovarian cancer patient and her family. The patient is terminal and has a husband and young daughter. The paper recommends using Worden's framework for the patient's family, Kubler-Ross' pattern for the patient. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: CC6_KSnursGrief.rtf
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of a woman diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer will be counseling with the woman and her family for the next several months, for as long as the woman has left.
When she dies, she will leave behind a husband and young daughter. The task is to prepare and assist both the one who will leave her family and
those who will be left behind. The nurse will use the structures provided by J. William Worden and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the first of which focuses on the living as
Kubler-Ross focuses on the needs of the dying. Wordens Approach It has come to be accepted that there are several distinct stages of
grieving and mourning that constitute a healthy, necessary grieving process. Worden (2001) defines four tasks, each of which can be avoided but needs to be faced and dealt with
to complete the grieving process. The four tasks are to accept the reality of the loss; feel the pain of grief; adjust to absence of the deceased; and letting
go of the deceased to continue with life. Accept the reality of the loss. It is counterproductive for those who will be
left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the meaning of the loss and to allow
their pain to come to the surface of their existence and consciousness, for only there can they deal with it. Feel the pain
of grief. Suppressing grief benefits no one. Neither does becoming and remaining immersed in it, but it is necessary to face and feel the pain caused by grief.
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