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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – INDIANAPOLIS – Everyone experiences the loss of a loved one at some point in life, but many health careprofessionals deal with death every day.
Nurses often become shoulders to cry on and emotional soundingboards for their patients’ families, which can make it difficult for them to deal with their own grief in ahealthy way.
Author, nursing consultant, and caring science expert A. Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN, uses nature as anexample to teach others about the “seasons” or stages of grief and to provide a healthier healing environmentduring the process of loss. In Wagner’s new book, Four Seasons of Grieving: A Nurse’s Healing Journeywith Nature, published by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), she focuses on the universal human experience of grieving through her own unique story of loss.”In coping with the loss of my mother, through a reflective and aesthetic process of journaling, poetrywriting, and connecting with a tree through its seasons, I realized I was healing in ways I never experiencedbefore in my many losses through life,” Wagner said.
“My grief was slowly soothed through my connectionwith nature. Loss became a reality – a change I learned to live with.”Based on a caring philosophy, Four Seasons of Grieving is framed by the lessons Wagner learned fromnature’s transformational seasons, specifically through reflective conversations the author had with herselfand a tree.”The process of consciously attending to my grief through self-care and self-reflection on the seasons ofnature and human healing allowed new perspective and growth,” Wagner said. “As a nurse, I wanted to sharemy revelation of healing ways.”Wagner urges all health care professionals and anyone experiencing a major loss to deal with grief in a moreholistic way, to be better equipped to help others in their grieving process while also increasing the quality ofcompassionate patient care. The author said, “Being reflective about your loss and grieving and attending toyour self-care and self-compassion are the most important parts of healing.”
The book is available at www.nursingknowledge.org/sttibooks.Four Seasons of Grieving: A Nurse’s Healing Journey with NatureBy A. Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RNPublished by STTI, 2015ISBN-13: 9781938835964PDF ISBN: 9781938835988Price: US $19.95Trade paperback, 128 pages
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