Which factor is most important to consider when evaluating the appropriateness of a family members initial response to grief?

A client comes to the medical clinic complaining of headaches. The nurse measures the blood pressure at 172/114. What should the nurse do first?

1.Page the on-call health care provider and continue to monitor the blood pressure.
2.Administer ibuprofen and have the client rest quietly for 20 minutes.
3.Elevate the head of the bed, provide reassurance, and reassess the blood pressure.
4.Place the client in the supine position, administer oxygen, and notify the health care provider.

What are the important characteristics of the grieving process?

Grief can be divided into four stages: shock and numbness, search and yearning, disorganization/ disorientation, and reorganization/resolution. Sometimes these stages overlap and you may move back and forth between them or you may not experience some of the stages.

How do you evaluate grief?

This Grief Intensity Scale assesses common thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people who have lost someone important to them. The scale is meant to capture the grieving respondent's intensity of his or her reaction to the loss.

Which goal is appropriate for a patient with a nursing diagnosis of risk for complicated grieving?

For the nursing diagnosis of Grieving and Complicated Grieving, a sample goal is, “The patient will experience grief resolution.” A sample SMART outcome is, “The patient will discuss the meaning of the loss to their life in the next 2 weeks.”