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1 lis 2015 · Nurses who suffer a significant personal loss, such as the loss of a child, are at risk for experiencing chronic sorrow because of this repetitive exposure to suffering, grieving, and dying patients in the course of their professional work lives.
Few studies have been conducted in low and middle-income countries to explore chronic sorrow. Therefore, this study describes the existence of chronic sorrow, triggers of grief related emotions and coping strategies used by caretakers of children with sickle cell disease in a low-income country.
20 paź 2018 · This study recommends that health workers should routinely screen for chronic sorrow among caretakers of children with sickle cell disease and assist caretakers to strengthen effective coping strategies to ameliorate the negative effects of chronic sorrow.
24 kwi 2013 · With an understanding of chronic sorrow, nurses can plan interventions that recognize it as a normal reaction, promote healthy adaptation, and provide empathetic support.
This second edition updates terminology, pertinent research, and the roles the concept of chronic sorrow has come to play in the nursing, medical, social work, pastoral, and community counseling professions, among others.
Nurses need to view chronic sorrow as a normal response to loss and, when it is triggered, provide support by fostering positive coping strategies and assuming roles that increase comfort.
The purpose of this article is to show the importance of the role of the nurse manager in supporting nurses who are returning to the bedside after a significant loss. Significant personal loss may lead to a phenomenon called chronic sorrow.
