title: Grief resolution: facilitating self-transcendence in the bereaved.
abstract: 1. The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) can help individuals to resolve grief that stems from personal loss and death, and encourage activities that will assist highly motivated individuals to achieve self-transcendence. 2. Self-transcendence is the ability to extend one's self beyond personal concerns and reach out to others without losing one's sense of self. The process of self-transcendence results in broader perspectives, purposes, and activities in one's life. Self-transcendent acts of giving to and/or sharing with others leads to a sense of connectedness with others, one's surroundings, and God. 3. Ultimately, the CNS encourages the bereaved person to participate in a grief resolution support group. By sharing openly and actively participating in the group process, the bereaved person learns coping skills that facilitate grief resolution and encourage the development of self-transcendency.
authors.affiliation: Southeastern Louisiana University, School of Nursing, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Joffrion
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001601:Bereavement; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment