Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss

A Guide for Nurses, Physicians, Social Workers, Chaplains and Other Bedside Caregivers

Jane Heustis, RN, Marcia Meyer Jenkins

• Publisher: Companion Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617220210
• Year: 2004

Intended for nurses, doctors, midwives, social workers, chaplains, and hospital support staff, this guide gives caring and practical advice for helping families grieve properly after losing a child at birth. As the special needs of families experiencing perinatal loss are intense and require more than just the bereavement standards in most hospitals, this handbook offers tips and suggestions for opening up communication between caregivers and families, creating a compassionate bedside environment, and helping with mourning rituals. Encouraging continual grief support, these specific companioning strategies can help ease the pain of this most sensitive situation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Families: Becoming a Part of Their Story
• Chapter 2 Caregivers: Entering Into the Wilderness
• Chapter 3 Environment: Creating a Space for Mourning
• Chapter 4 Communication: Beginning the Conversation
• Chapter 5 Strategies: Practicing the Art of Caring
• Chapter 6 Memories: Making the Moment Last a Lifetime
• Chapter 7 Discharge: Preparing for the Work of Mourning
• Chapter 8 Other Pregnancy Losses: Supporting when there is “no baby”
• Chapter 9 After Discharge: Continuing Companioning
• Chapter 10 147 Final Thoughts: Finding Joy
• Back