Title: Describe care associated with the dying child.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Applying the Nursing Process to the Pediatric Client

Description should include

- theories related to death and dying
- nursing interventions
- support during the grieving process
- emotional responses of the caregiver
- cultural considerations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How would one describe the concepts of death and dying at different stages of development and as discussed by various theorists?
- What nursing interventions are appropriate to the family of the dying child?
- How would one incorporate the concepts of the grieving process in nursing interventions for care of the dying child?
- What might be the emotional responses of the caregiver of a dying child?