CE courses

RTS Bereavement Training Program

This two-day program is designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge they need to respond to families who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, or newborn death. The program discusses grief theory and addressed the individual needs of families who have experienced a neonatal death. This program also provides the participant with a "standard of care" that will assist the bereaved families through the initial crisis toward re-establishing their life without their baby. Participants who have successfully completed the program will be registered as RTS Bereavement Personnel through the Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This program was formerly known as Resolve Through Sharing.

Target Audience: Perinatal, neonatal, and emergency department nurses, chaplains, child life specialists, physicians, social workers, and other health-care professionals working with bereaved families.

Day/Date:
April 4 & 5, 2007

Time: To be announced

Location: To be announced

CE Credit:
16.0 contact hours (BRN) (BBS)
16.0 contact hours (ANCC)

Class Fee: LLUMC employees - no charge if registered by department/nurse manager
$155.00 - Other LLUMC employees
$219.00 - AHS and LLUHC employees
$267.00 - All others

Class Limit: 40

Prerequisites/ Special Instructions: No prerequisites required. Cost of program includes syllabus, RTS Bereavement Training Manual and continental breakfast. Lunch is on your own.

Speaker(s): Selected perinatal health-care professionals

Coordinator: Monica McKenzie, MPH, RN, CHES, CLE, Perinatal Educator, Staff Development/LLUMC

Registration Information: Send completed registration form with appropriate fee to Staff Development or call (909) 558-3500.

Cancellation, No Show, Refund Policy:
No refund if Staff Development does not receive cancellation notification at least five (5) working days prior to class. No refund will be provided if participant does not show up for class. In the event the program is cancelled, a full refund will be given. Refundable reservation deposits will be returned upon class attendance.