Helping others when you are hurting: strategies for delivering quality care while dealing with personal bereavement

Nurse managers are in a strategic position to assist clients, their family members, and other staff in dealing with normal grief and to provide additional assistance if the grief becomes complicated. A variety of strategies can be used by the nurse to assist individuals through the grief process. In some cases, the nurse must deal with personal grief while simultaneously helping others. This article addresses useful strategies for nurses to enhance the delivery of quality care while dealing with personal loss and grief.