Perinatal and Neonatal Loss

Pittsburgh, PA US
June 26, 2024

This education session will provide discharge planning staff members ( nurses and social workers) with a general overview perinatal and neonatal loss. This presentation will discuss how to care for bereaved families, highlight resources available to patients and their families, and explore the unique grief process of this population. Furthermore, the Bereavement Coordinator's role will be reviewed and how this position supports perinatal loss patients and our hospital staff members.

Target Audience

Nurses and Social Workers 

Learning Objectives

The learner will be able to build skills to effectively and compassionately care for patients who experience perinatal loss

The learner will be able to identify resources available to families who experience perinatal loss

The learner will gain a better understanding of the unique grief experience in perinatal loss

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: 
06/26/2024
Course expires: 
07/31/2024
Event starts: 
06/26/2024 - 2:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
06/26/2024 - 3:00pm EDT
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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
300 Halket St
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States

Audrey Wrobel MSW, LCSW, RTS-CBC

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.

Social Work (ASWB) - 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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