Supporting Parents After Stillbirth or Newborn Death: There is much that nurses can do
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In Brief Support from nurses can take many forms: helping parents to create cherished memories, guiding them in making decisions about autopsy and burial, and making follow-up calls or visits. Also: a mother reflects on her loss, 25 years later
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Bereaved parents in multiple gestation loss have specific needs that are not always addressed by standard bereavement care, and specific support services may be needed.
“Bereaved parents in this situation have specific needs that are not always addressed by standard bereavement care, and specific support services, such as by the Center for Loss in Multiple Birth, may be needed.81,186”
From Bereavement care guidelines used in health care facilities immediately following perinatal loss: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [186]
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- Authors
- Kavanaugh, K., & Moro, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- AJN, American Journal of Nursing
- Published
- 2006-09
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 74-79
- ISSN
- 0002-936X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2090500612
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 1.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- AJN American Journal of Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5f31nr006149-03)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (R15 NR04224, F31 NR06149, P30NR009014, R01 NR07904, R01NR007904, P30-NR09014, R15NR004224)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Keywords
- stillbirth, neonatal mortality, parental grief, bereavement support, nurse-parent communication, commemoration, follow-up care, maternal bereavement
- MeSH terms
- Bereavement, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Nursing, Parents, Social Support, Stillbirth
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