The nurse manager of the perinatal services unit wants to improve outcomes associated with perinatal loss. What action by the manager would best help meet this goal?
A.
Develop a unit specifically for this population.
B.
Establish a multidisciplinary perinatal loss team.
C.
Identify key nurses to care for these patients.
D.
Provide debriefing services for the nursing staff.
ANS: B
A team approach to perinatal loss and bereavement is best to provide a therapeutic and caring experience for families suffering perinatal loss. The families are best cared for by expert perinatal nurses. Because perinatal loss is not common, developing a unit for this population would not be cost effective. Instead of identifying key nurses to care for these patients and families, the support of an entire team trained to deal with this situation is better. Outcomes should be patient/family oriented, not staff oriented.
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