Grief Learning Objectives

2-Hour

  1. Describe the influence of culture and society on how individuals experience loss and grief.

  2. Describe the major theoretical processes and the inward and outward expressions of grief as a response to loss.

  3. Describe the purposes of anticipatory grief and bereavement for families and significant others.

  4. Identify appropriate and inappropriate helping behaviors or approaches of healthcare providers when caring for the bereaved.

  5. Describe the relationship between personal attitudes and experiences and one's effectiveness in intervening with individuals and families experiencing death, dying, loss, and grief.

  6. Identify loss- and grief-oriented rituals useful in clinical practice.

8-Hour

  1. Describe the influence of culture and society on how individuals experience loss and grief.

  2. Describe the major theoretical processes and the inward and outward expressions of grief as a response to loss.

  3. Identify the common individual and gender differences in the grieving process.

  4. Describe the characteristics of a complicated grieving process.

  5. Describe the purposes of anticipatory grief and bereavement of families and significant others.

  6. Identify the secondary losses experienced by families providing end-of-life care.

  7. Identify appropriate and inappropriate helping behaviors or approaches of healthcare providers when caring for the bereaved.

  8. Identify loss- and grief-oriented rituals useful in clinical practice.

  9. Describe the relationship between personal attitudes and experiences and one's effectiveness in intervening with individuals and families experiencing death, dying, loss, and grief.