Week 10 solo dolo

During this last week of class the concept of dying and coping with it was discussed in both the book and in lecture nots. Kubler Ross's theory of coping with dying had five steps. The steps were the following in order: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Many people are not used to being around death and I am not sure if you would say anyone gets used to it either. I took the CNA class at BTC and part of the glass was doing clinical at a local nursing home. Here was really the first time I had ever been around a nursing home and was able to really grasp the concept that the majority of the people who were living there were also going to die there. 

During my 2 weeks there I was able to see this 5 step theory at work. One this I was most impressed/ surprised about was the amount of people who seemed to have already gone through the full five stages and were already at the final stage, acceptance. There were only 2 patients we worked with who were very obviously in the anger stage. The hardest to see in the nursing home and keep a uplifting attitude was depression. I only can really remember vividly one man who was in this stage. Sometimes he would seem okay, happy, normal; but most of the time he would mope around and look like all the joy in his life was sucked out of his body. 

This concept of dealing with death will be something I will be around my entire career as I work as a nurse. It will be something that I may see each stage come over a patient all the way to the end of their time. I think knowing this concept I can see how I can implement it with how I talk with patients and family members going through the grief process.