This study explored the emotional experiences of fifteen American nurses who work with
terminally ill children. Structured interviews were conducted which considered the …

Interviews with 25 nurses in this grounded theory study show that when nurses recognized
that a child's death was inevitable, they struggled with both grief distress and moral distress …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the grief experience of pediatric intensive care nurses when their
patients die. DESIGN: Heideggerian phenomenological approach; nonprobability, purposive …

The retrospective experiences of 44 children's nurses who had cared for children dying in
hospital were investigated using questionnaires, focus group and individual interviews. The …

When a child dies, the circle of adults who are affected in some way is indeed large.
Although parents are the adults most centrally affected, grandparents, other relatives, church …

44 AJN▼ September 2003▼ Vol. 103, No. 9 http://www. nursingcenter. com band and five-
year-old twins. No other family members live in the area. Patrick has not visited his mother …

A program of education and support is essential for children and their parent or adult
caregivers when the children have experienced the death of a significant person. Children …

Suzanne Rich, RN, BA lthough nurses are known for caring about and talking with their
patients, most have been trained to not get “too involved.” They are to maintain a …

The purpose of this research study was to explore the lived experiences of nurses caring for
dying pediatric patients. Nurses and health care professionals may at times have difficulty …

Based on the premise that understanding bereavement as a natural healing process
provides a foundation for nursing assessment and intervention, this article focuses on adult …