title: Exploring Oncology Nurses' Grief: A Self-study.
abstract: Oncology nursing, like many other nursing fields, often provides nurses with the opportunity to get to know their patients and their families well. This familiarity allows oncology nurses to show a level of compassion and empathy that is often helpful to the patient and their family during their struggle with cancer. However, this familiarity can also lead to a profound sense of grief if the patient loses that struggle. This self-study provided me the opportunity to systematically explore my own experience with grief as an oncology nurse, helping me to identify specific stressors and also sources of stress release.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Lisa C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Barbour
keywords: Burnout; compassion fatigue; nurses’ bereavement; nurses’ grief; self-study