Course Description:
Returning to healthcare after experiencing a loss can stir up a whirlwind of emotions, memories, and uncertainties. The thought of scheduling an appointment may seem daunting, and familiar hospital surroundings could evoke painful recollections. Remember, you're not navigating this journey alone. It's completely normal to feel overwhelmed in such challenging circumstances. Join our webinar to kickstart your healing journey, equip yourself with practical tools for medical appointments, and learn effective coping strategies. Let us guide you towards the essential care you deserve.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize Barriers to Post-Loss Healthcare Access: Identify systemic, institutional, and interpersonal obstacles that bereaved parents may encounter when seeking healthcare after experiencing pregnancy or infant loss.
- Understand the Impact of Trauma on Healthcare Engagement: Explore how grief and trauma can affect individuals' interactions with healthcare systems and providers.
- Implement Trauma-Informed Care Practices: Learn strategies to provide compassionate, sensitive, and trauma-informed care to individuals navigating healthcare after loss.
- Advocate for Equitable Healthcare Policies: Develop approaches to support policy changes that address disparities and improve healthcare experiences for bereaved families.
Certificate:
By completing and passing this webinar course, you will attain the certificate Understanding Challenges in Receiving Healthcare After Loss
Learning Credits:
Continuing Education Units 1.0
Presenter Bio:
Melinda Peterson is a bereaved mother, Registered Nurse, Board Certified Holistic Nurse & Wellness Coach. She lost her son Oak, ability to carry another, and nearly her life in 2014. She served as a past Board Chair for RTZ Hope and now serves as Board Emeritus. Her business, Scarlit Coaching, provides coaching support, workshops, and tools related to health care anxiety and ways we can find wellness through transcendence in health; recognizing you are seen, heard, and validated in your body's way as a being of pure love.
