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The Pinwheel Model of Bereavement
Author(s) -
SolariTwadell Phyllis Ann,
Bunkers Sandra Schmidt,
Wang ChinEng,
Snyder Dona
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1995.tb00896.x
Subject(s) - grief , theme (computing) , consciousness , psychology , nursing practice , core (optical fiber) , nursing process , psychotherapist , nursing , psychoanalysis , medicine , computer science , telecommunications , neuroscience , operating system
The Pinwheel Model of Bereavement is a process‐orientated model of grief which recognizes loss as a unique lived experience. The model and relevant nursing response are described using Margaret Newman's nursing theory of health as expanding consciousness. The model is based on research by Carter (1989) and clinical experience. The contextual theme for the model is “personal history.” Six core themes are: being stopped, hurting, missing, holding, seeking, and valuing. Three meta themes are change, expectations, and inexpressibility. Capacities for “being with” the bereaved are identified for the practice of nursing