Question

1. What are some warning signs that would indicate the client is having difficulty moving through the grieving process?  
2. What nursing interventions should one consider in the care of a grieving client?

Answer 1

Ans) Warning signs that would indicate the client is having difficulty moving through the grieving process:

- The client has low self-esteem.
- The client is unable to trust others.
- The client has attempted suicide in the past.

Nursing intervention has the potential of providing the most support to a grieving client:

- arranging for the hospital chaplain to visit the client

- asking, "Do you find comfort in your religion at times like this?"

- sitting silently with the client as he or she cries

- explaining the stages of grief to the client
asking, "Do you find comfort in your religion at times like this?"

- encourages the client to express grief verbally

- provides both written and oral information explaining the grieving process

- encourages the client to participate in a grief support group

- affords the client sufficient private time during the day to grieve
- encourages the client to express grief verbally