Question

What strategies can the nurse use to cope with the stress of providing care for children who are dying and avoid burnout?

Answer 1

Nurses must .learn positive coping strategies to deal with stress and prevent burn out.The nurses need to tune into feelings rather than suppress and numb them with sedatives.A childs death is always extraordinary .it is important for the nurse to deal with the grief.The nurse make the assumption that a mistake caused the childs death,rther than recognizing that people do the best they can in desperate circumstances and that even children cannot always be resuscitated.Reviewing resuscitations can be useful if done to improve overall care.