Perinatal Death
Perinatal Death is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 09/29/2022
Date of Most Recent Review: 9/29/2022
Course Termination/ Update Date: 12/31/2025
Description:
The nurse who cares for the patient with a perinatal loss should understand how to provide holistic compassionate care throughout the patient’s hospital stay. This course explains the grieving process and how to support the patient and her family.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to educate RNs in acute care settings about perinatal loss and how to promote delivery of holistic and compassionate nursing care that facilitates the grieving process for the patient, family, and staff involved.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Identify definitions and risk factors for perinatal loss.
• Identify interventions needed with perinatal loss.
• Describe bereavement guidelines when caring for perinatal loss.