When a Child Is Dying and You're the Nurse

Fatal outcomes in pediatrics are something healthcare professionals never enjoy or get used to. For decades, pediatric nurses have been attempting to support the parents of terminal children without knowing what child-loss parents need most. That is, until now. DeeAnna N. Brown, a registered nurse and child-loss parent, surveyed 135 nurses to discover their comfort level in supporting the families of dying patients. She dove deeper and surveyed child-loss families to discuss the elephant in the room: what parents experiencing child loss need from their bedside nurse. In When a Child Is Dying and You're the Nurse, DeeAnna addresses not only the common needs of child-loss parents, but she also shares twelve strategies for bedside nurses to apply in order to positively impact parents. In addition, DeeAnna shares her personal experience as a parent who ex-perienced child loss. This is a guide for nurses who want to best support parents experiencing child loss. Through storytelling, you will learn how to effectively support child-loss parents and walk away feeling empowered, inspire, and confident in how you can best support parents during such a gut-wrenching time.