B02-1 Perinatal Hospice Palliative Care: Honouring Precious Lives

 

Authors: Lynn Grandmaison Dumond RN(EC), MScN, CHPCN(C); Megan Doherty MD                                                                                                                                    

 

Presenter: Lynn Grandmaison Dumond, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Roger Neilson House, Ottawa ON

 

Purpose: To explore this relatively new area of pediatric palliative care and describe the experience of the CHEO Palliative Care and Roger Neilson House teams who recently completed a research project outlining a chart review of families/babies having received perinatal hospice care between 2007 and 2017.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the Perinatal Hospice approach and population.
• Learn about caring for the perinatal population through participation in small group discussion and work through case studies.
• Describe roles and responsibilities of nurses in the inter-professional team caring for the perinatal population.

 

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B02-2 Assisting Health Professionals in Supporting Fathers after Stillbirth

 

Authors: Francine de Montigny PhD; Christine Gervais PhD; Chantal Verdon PhD

 

Presenter: Francine de Montigny, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau QC 

 

Purpose: To describe a one-day workshop, its implementation and the effects on health professionals’ sense of efficacy towards fathers.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the workshop's themes and strategies.
• Describe the effects of a reflective practice on health professionals’ sense of efficacy.
• Share tools that can help support bereaved fathers.