Holidays and Grief
Grief over the loss of a loved one is often heightened during the holiday season. People find it difficult to decide how to celebrate the holidays when a family member is no longer living. Unfortunately, this is a very common reaction when someone has lost a loved one recently. Suddenly, it becomes clear that the holidays bring grief. The course provides tools that caregivers can use to help those who are grieving.
Grief over the loss of a loved one is often heightened during the holiday season. People find it difficult to decide how to celebrate the holidays when a family member is no longer living. Unfortunately, this is a very common reaction when someone has lost a loved one recently. Suddenly, it becomes clear that the holidays bring grief. The course provides tools that caregivers can use to help those who are grieving.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 0.50 contact hours.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (ALL Direct Care Workers)
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2236618
Explain why holidays can trigger the grief response in people.
Describe at least three interventions to help people work through their grief during the holidays.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Grief and the Holidays
The “Normal” Grief Process
Stages of Grief
Why Holidays Are Hard
Prolonged Grief Disorder
Review
Summary
Section 3: Grief Interventions
Concepts to Help
Taking Care of Self
Special Considerations
Review
Summary
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Subject Matter Expert: Stephanie Whitfield, MSN, RN, CPN
Editor: Amanda Gayle, Ph.DStephanie has over 19 years of clinical and teaching experience. Her areas of expertise are in neonatal intensive care, general pediatrics, home health, and children with medical complexities. She earned her Master's in nursing from Chamberlain University in 2022. Her professional practice is guided by Jean Watson's philosophy that, "Caring is the essence of nursing."
Amanda Gayle received her PhD. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Georgia in the Counseling and Testing Center. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in the Occupational Health Department working in both the internal and external employee assistance programs. She is licensed in North Carolina, where she was in private practice for 15 years, serving primarily adults in individual and couples counseling with many presenting issues. Her focus was on cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety, mood disorders, grief, relationship difficulties, stress management, self-esteem, and parenting. She joined Relias as a subject matter expert writer for behavioral health in 2021.
The target audience for this course is: All Staff; in the following settings: Skilled Nursing Facility.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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