ELNEC Pediatric Module 2: Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care

Hours: 1.00
# Course Code: REL-PAC-ELNEC-PMPNPC

Perinatal and neonatal palliative care have their own unique characteristics and concerns of which healthcare professionals must be aware. This course provides an overview of these unique aspects and concerns of perinatal and neonatal palliative care and provides suggestions for providing high quality care. The goal of this course is to provide nurses in hospice and palliative care with knowledge of perinatal and neonatal palliative care.

Course Description

Perinatal and neonatal palliative care have their own unique characteristics and concerns of which healthcare professionals must be aware. This course provides an overview of these unique aspects and concerns of perinatal and neonatal palliative care and provides suggestions for providing high quality care. The goal of this course is to provide nurses in hospice and palliative care with knowledge of perinatal and neonatal palliative care.

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Course Details

Course Code: REL-PAC-ELNEC-PMPNPC

Hours: 1

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 10/31/2024

Learning Objectives:
Discuss challenges to perinatal palliative care and strategies to overcome them.
Identify cases in which perinatal or neonatal palliative care may be beneficial.
Describe ethical issues experienced in neonatal palliative care.
Describe unique characteristics of neonatal palliative care and strategies to overcome potential challenges.

Outline:

Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: Perinatal and Neonatal Hospice and Palliative Care

History of Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU)

Awareness of Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care

Standards of Professional Practice

Epidemiology

Types of Perinatal/Infant Loss

Review

Summary

Section 3: Care Strategies and Challenges

Perinatal Palliative Care Model of Care

Implementing Perinatal Palliative Care Strategies

Challenges in Perinatal Palliative Care

Strategies to Overcome Challenges to Perinatal Palliative Care

Perinatal Communication: What Parents Want

Implementing Perinatal Palliative Care Strategies

Support During the Pregnancy

Intrapartum Care

After the Infant’s Death

Lactation

Unique Characteristics of Perinatal Bereavement

Review

Summary

Section 4: Neonatal Palliative Care

Newborns to Receive Palliative Care

Unique Feature of Neonatal Palliative Care

Communication: What Parents/Caregivers Want in the NICU

Communication Strategies in the NICU

Consider This…

Ethical Issues in Neonatal Palliative Care

Nutrition and Hydration

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation: Preparation

Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation: Process

When Death Is Prolonged

Location of Death for the Neonate

Celebrating the Infant’s Life

Right of Parents

Review

Summary

Section 5: The Nurse’s Experience

Experience with the Dying Infant

Moral Distress

Review

Summary

Section 6: Conclusion

Summary

Course Contributors

Resources

References

Instructor: ELNEC Pediatric 2021

The content for this course was revised by Amy Haskamp, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC, CPON, CHPPN.
Amy Haskamp is a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Pediatric Palliative Care Team (PACT) at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Hospital. She has over 16 years of experience caring for children with cancer before joining PACT in 2014. Working with the oncology population, she became interested in pain management, psychosocial support, and pediatric palliative care. She lectures and teaches at the local, national, and international level, and has been a member of the ELNEC pediatric faculty since 2011. Ms. Haskamp is an active reviewer for pediatric palliative care education and has co-authored several publications on pediatric palliative care.

The content for this course was created by The ELNEC Project Team.
The ELNEC Project, which began in 2000, is a collaboration between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Washington, DC and the City of Hope, Duarte, CA. For more information about ELNEC, go to www.aacnnursing.org/ELNEC.
Disclosure: ELNEC Pediatric 2021 has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.

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Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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