RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Cunningham, M. Douglas
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Tuttle, Deborah J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107527710
T1 Death of an Infant
T2 Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 7e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071768016
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107527710
RD 2024/04/23
AB A  newborn  infant  is  dying  or  has  just  died.  The  mortality  rate  in  the  United  States  for  newborns  is  4.56  per  1000  live  births.  Recent  reviews  have  focused  on  the  importance  of  bereavement  support  and  the  profound  effect  health  care  providers  can  have  on  parents  who  have  lost  an  infant.  Studies  have  shown  that  a  health  care  provider's  insensitivity  to  a  parent  can  contribute  to  difficulties  in  coping  and  may  increase  the  risk  of  a  complicated  grief  reaction.  Nurses  who  received  training  for  bereavement  care  were  more  likely  to  have  a  positive  attitude  toward  perinatal  bereavement  care.  Studies  show  that  more  physicians  than  nurses  never  received  any  formal  training  in  bereavement  care.  Hospitals  should  establish  training  and  protocols  for  an  infant  death  so  they  can  potentially  decrease  the  traumatic  effects.