MW 8105 - Grief and Loss in Midwifery

Institution:

Bastyr University

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Description:

2 credits Upon completion of this course, students are competent to do the following: provide emotional support to families grieving the loss of a pregnancy or newborn, teach self-nurturing methods that facilitate healing in the grief process, model how to heal through and be strengthened by loss, and draw on personal spiritual resources for the benefit of self and client. Students develop skills in helping couples talk through the impact of grief and loss on their relationship and the grief of infertility. Students also learn to help parents deal with bereavement pressures, grief reactions of the extended family, and societal expectations around the death of a child, a spontaneous abortion or planned termination of pregnancy. Prerequisite: PS6306

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bastyr.edu

Phone Number:

(425) 602-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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