Nurses share how they handle their emotions when a young patient dies
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Nurses share how they handle their emotions when a young patient dies

Erin Dean Health journalist

Leila Saadi, Michael Tatterton and Carli Whittaker reveal how they cope emotionally and provide support to families after a child’s death, and the difference between sadness and grief

Dealing with the emotional effect of a child’s death can be part of a children’s nurse’s job, but it is not easy. Here, three children’s nurses share how they feel during and after a child’s death, they manage their emotions.

Nursing Children and Young People. 36, 3, 10-11. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.36.3.10.s4

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