How are YOU doing? Lifting the curtain on nurses’ grief

Throughout any given shift, regardless of the practice setting, nurses regularly provide care to individuals who are grieving or have experienced various forms of loss. But what about the nurses themselves? How are they coping? Nurses grieve too.

In this episode, Cory Burdock shines a light on the often-overlooked reality of nurses’ grief, acknowledging it as a normal and genuine part of the healthcare profession. For too long, this aspect of practice has been dismissed, suppressed, or even pathologized. Through an open and thoughtful discussion, Cory urges both individuals and organizations to recognize and reframe the grief paradigm, ultimately bringing the experience of nurses’ grief and its impact out of the shadows.

Cory Burdock is a registered nurse with a certification in Hospice Palliative Care Nursing from the Canadian Nurses Association. She is the president-elect of the Canadian Palliative Care Nurses Association and is deeply committed to the need for a wider recognition of nurses’ grief. Following graduate studies in Palliative Care Education and nurses' grief, Cory works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist specializing in Pain and Symptom management in Alberta, Canada. She also focuses on quality improvement, policy development, and program planning for palliative care, while serving as an educator and mentor for advanced practice nurses.

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