There were 509 090 deaths recorded in England and Wales for 2008; of these, over
56%(260 000) occurred in NHS hospitals. The death of a patient is an event that most, if not …

Aim: To explore how ward staff, including nurses and healthcare support workers,
experience patient death in an acute medical setting. Method Thirteen staff, from two acute …

Objective This integrative review explores current published literature examining grief
experiences of nurses who work in hospital settings after the death of a patient in their care …

BACKGROUND: Death has been identified as a known stressor for nurses and has been
extensively researched in nursing populations. However, very little is known about the …

Background Death and dying are inevitable life encounters, but a nurse's first experience
with patient death may pose considerable cognitive, emotional and clinical challenges. This …

shorter m. & stayt lc (2010) Critical care nurses' experiences of grief in an adult intensive
care unit. Journal of Advanced Nursing66 (1), 159–167. Abstract Title. Critical care nurses' …

Aim. This paper reports a study investigating hospital nurses' experiences of death and
dying. Background. Despite advances in medical science and health care, together with the …

Aims and objectives To review literature on nurses' coping strategies with patient death.
Background Dealing with the loss of a patient was viewed as one of the most demanding …

Background Patient death is an emotional and demanding experience for nurses, especially
for new graduate nurses who are unprepared to deliver end-of-life care. Understanding new …

Introduction Providing bereavement support and care to families is an aspect of critical care
nursing practice that can be rewarding, yet emotionally and psychologically challenging …