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A Pediatric ICU Nurse Finds Relief in Not Compartmentalizing Hard Emotions Like Grief

AJN Off the Charts

Editor’s note: Hui-wen Sato is a pediatric ICU nurse in California and a regular writer for this blog who has gone deeply into the topic of grief, her own and that of patients and their families. Her insights reverse our usual ways of understanding grief, finding a generative energy instead of a wasteland.

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Great Lakes Health Partners CEO: Employee Grief Support Can Boost Recruitment, Retention

Hospice News

Illinois-based Great Lakes Health Partners, an Interim Healthcare franchise, is launching a grief support group for employees aimed at helping hospice workers deal with the stress of providing bedside end-of-life care. Can you tell me more about the types of grief support a program such as this offers hospice workers?

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Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service

Hospice News

The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. The company convened a group of professionals with experience in grief care to develop the content, from a variety of disciplines.

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Grief Care Platform Betterleave Expanding Via New Hospice-Partnership Model

Hospice News

The grief care tech platform Betterleave is expanding with a new hospice-partnership model that augments its employee-benefit business. The company also provides patients and families with guidance on how to logistically prepare, including estate and memorial planning, as well as counseling for anticipatory grief.

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Treating Burnout, Trauma, and Grief with Dance

Minority Nurse

In fact, she wanted to be a professional dancer before she thought about being a nurse. “ Nursing allowed me the entry point into that space. Trauma Hits Home Rynders came to embrace dance and bring it into the world of nursing after her tough times. So, she cut down her nursing hours to earn a master ’ s degree in dance.

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Handling Heartache: Navigating Loss as a Young Nurse

Daily Nurse

When you enter nursing, you’re driven by a desire to help, heal, and make a difference in the lives of those you care for. Understanding the Nature of Nursing Building strong, heartfelt connections with patients and their families comes with the territory. These resources can provide comfort and practical strategies for managing grief.

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What Is Anticipatory Grief?

Hospice of the North Coast

It wasn’t the profanity nor the frontal attack on the care her father has been receiving but the intensity of it, the felt urgency, the palpable shock of the grief just underneath it all. She started to suffer and although her dad was still around, unknowingly she became immersed in anticipatory grief.

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