Perinatal and Neonatal loss

Pittsburgh, PA US
August 30, 2023

This program will provide the Clinical Care Coordination and Discharge Planning staff with a general overview of perinatal and neonatal loss. The presentation will discuss how to care for a bereaved family, the resources available to patients and their families, and further explore the grief process. Additionally, the role of UPMC Magee's Bereavement Coordinator will be discussed and how this resource supports perinatal loss patients and hospital staff members. 

Target Audience

Nurses and social workers

Learning Objectives

  1. The participant will be able to build skills to effectively and compassionately care for patients who experience perinatal loss.  
  2. The participant will be able to identify resources available to families who experience perinatal loss.
  3. The participant will gain a better understanding of grief in perinatal loss.
  4. The participant will gain knowledge to support families who experience pregnancy after loss.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/30/2023
Course expires: 
09/30/2023
Event starts: 
08/30/2023 - 12:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/30/2023 - 1:30pm EDT
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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
300 Halket St
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States

Audrey Wrobel, LSW

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing (ANCC) - The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1 contact hour.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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