The article from Kellie Goldsworthy on grief and loss has better explain to me the grieving process and loss. Since I am currently in the short-term unit, I do not witness as much deaths as I did in the long-term unit. However, currently there is a resident who recently was placed on hospice on my unit. This resident has been refusing eating, becoming very weak, and is not talking as much now. The resident is always laying on her bed. The daughter has taken her vacation time off from work in order to be there for her mother. Since I have been seeing the daughter there every day, I have noticed how much this is affecting her. At first she did not want to accept the fact that her mother is in her last stage of life. The daughter use to ask to