Integrative Nursing Management of Grief

Everyone has experienced grief as a response to a significant loss or change. This chapter presents an integrative nursing approach to grief. Types of grief are described, including anticipatory grief, uncomplicated grief, and complicated grief. These different types of grief are explained and differentiated from normal grief. Assessment of grief using assessment tools such as the Inventory of Complicated Grief, Brief Grief Questionnaire Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory, Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief—short form, Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist, and Texas Revised Inventory of Grief are discussed, and selected integrative therapy approaches are described. A patient exemplar is offered that illustrates the use of integrative therapies and whole-person care.