Download or read book Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss written by Jane Heustis, RN and published by Companion Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.