Registered Nurse Grieving
As a nurse it is understood that one’s beliefs can differ from others values and beliefs. A nurse that believes that grieving plays an important role in the loss of a loved one, also takes consideration that everyone has different grieving strategies. An example of this can be seen through the perception of a registered nurse working on a ward that contains a number palliative care patients. The registered nurse believes that when someone is dying or someone has passed, that grieving plays an important role in the coping process. For the nurse, the belief in reincarnation, also known as “The Being in beings following” (Zhang, 2012, p.1272), assists when grieving over a loss. The nurse’s perception and practices in relation to coping with grief