NURS 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cyanosis, Organ Donation, Palliative Sedation
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Types of loss: actual loss: can be recognized by others. Perceived loss: is felt by person but intangible to others. Physical loss versus psychological loss: maturational loss: experienced as a result of natural developmental process. Situational loss: experienced as a result of an unpredictable event: anticipatory loss: loss has not yet taken place. Question: an elderly person who is placed in a nursing home by his family is remorseful about the loss of his financial independence. What is the term for the type of loss he is experiencing: physical loss, psychological loss, actual loss, perceived loss. Rationale: perceived loss is felt by the person, but intangible to others, as is the case with loss of financial independence. Physical loss and actual loss can be recognized by others as well as the person sustaining the loss. Psychological loss may be caused by an altered self-image. Definitions: grief: internal emotional reaction to loss.
