Sjuksköterskans sorgebearbetning : Faktorer som påverkar sjuksköterskans upplevelse av sorgebearbetning

Sammanfattning: Over 90,000 people die each year in Sweden, many of whom were in need of healthcare. Nurses are considered lacking education in grief management after the loss of a patient. The Swedish Healthcare System advocates continuity and that a relationship is created with the patient. In correlation with the death of a patient, the nurse may experience feelings of apathy, guilt and grief. The aim was to highlightfactors that affect the nurses’ experiences of managing grief following a patient’sdeath. The study was conducted as a general literature study with an inductive approach. The nurses’ grieving process was affected whether the cause of death wasexpected or unexpected. Furthermore, the relationship between nurse and patient could benefit the quality of the care but at the cost of making the grieving process more difficult. Nurses preferred informal support in managing the grief, and debriefing should be advocated. Grief is a human response in the loss of a relationship, and it is of importance that the nurse allows herself to grieve when a patient passes away. Finally, a lack of education regarding grief management wasnoted in the connection to a patient’s death, which is required for the nurse to maintain her own personal health and deliver high quality care.