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Grief and bereavement in child health nursing

Answer 1

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Everyone grieves in his or her own way. The process of grieving is often long and painful for all who knew the child. This can include parents, siblings, relatives, friends, peers, teachers, nurses, neighbors, and anyone affected by the loss of a child.

Answer 2

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Key Messages

Most people who experience normal grief do not require specialist counselling, but would benefit from reassurance, acknowledgement of their losses, and access to information.

Most people who experience normal grief do not require specialist counselling, but would benefit from reassurance, acknowledgement of their losses, and access to information.A proportion of people who grieve may experience intense distress over a prolonged period.

Most people who experience normal grief do not require specialist counselling, but would benefit from reassurance, acknowledgement of their losses, and access to information.A proportion of people who grieve may experience intense distress over a prolonged period.Tools which measure grief responses have reported good reliability and validity but have not been assessed for use in the Australian palliative care setting.

Most people who experience normal grief do not require specialist counselling, but would benefit from reassurance, acknowledgement of their losses, and access to information.A proportion of people who grieve may experience intense distress over a prolonged period.Tools which measure grief responses have reported good reliability and validity but have not been assessed for use in the Australian palliative care setting.Cognitive behavioural therapy-based interventions are being studied in bereavement, and appear to show evidence of benefit. [l

Provision of bereavement support by volunteers may be effective.

Provision of bereavement support by volunteers may be effective. Cost effectiveness of bereavement services has not been well studied.

Provision of bereavement support by volunteers may be effective. Cost effectiveness of bereavement services has not been well studied. There is no evidence that grief counselling improves outcomes for people who experience normal grief.

Provision of bereavement support by volunteers may be effective. Cost effectiveness of bereavement services has not been well studied. There is no evidence that grief counselling improves outcomes for people who experience normal grief. Risk factors for abnormal grief have been identified but there is no high level evidence relating to prevention.

Provision of bereavement support by volunteers may be effective. Cost effectiveness of bereavement services has not been well studied. There is no evidence that grief counselling improves outcomes for people who experience normal grief. Risk factors for abnormal grief have been identified but there is no high level evidence relating to prevention.Bereavement risk Index is widely usedd but formal validation studies are lacking.