Edward-Elmhurst Health, Plainfield, IL CampusOctober 17 – 19, 2018

Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) Bereavement Training will help you• ACQUIRE the unique skill set needed to provide excellence in bereavement care

• LEARN evidence-based best practices in bereavement care

• GAIN in-depth understanding of the long-term impact of dying and death

Deliver Gold Standard Bereavement Care

A baby dies... are you prepared?

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A baby dies...This comprehensive, evidence-based, and person-centered training and the RTS Model of bereavement care support the Triple Aim and ACO requirements for consistent delivery of quality patient care. You’ll learn ways to incorporate RTS concepts into everyday practice that care teams and leadership will find invaluable.

This course is recommended to prepare for the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center’s Perinatal Loss Care Certification Exam.

Return on Investment

• Incomparable value of providing the best care possible

• Improved staff confidence and competence

• Staff retention (reduced burn out)

• Patient satisfaction and loyalty

• Increase in charitable gifts

PurposeThe purpose of this training is to provide participants with a rich educational experience that enhances their knowledge, level of skill, and personal awareness while providing care to families whose baby dies.

Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death will:• Enhance your understanding of perinatal death and its effect on parents

and family members• Emphasize the role of relationship and ritual • Provide you with the latest evidence-based information about perinatal

bereavement care • Help you understand what “normal” grief looks like and how individuals

grieve differently• Address effective self-care and care for other caregivers• Provide you with the opportunity to network with others in the field

Objectives

• Discuss the role of interprofessional teams in caring for bereaved parents and families

• List three theoretical frameworks that promote understanding of perinatal death

• Define “being in relationship”• Describe how to offer options to families• Describe two examples of how caregivers can use ritual when a baby dies• List two spiritual tasks• Provide two examples of honoring relationship between parent and child• Identify strategies to incorporate RTS standards for bereavement care into

clinical practice• Discuss the role of keepsakes for a family’s grief• Describe elements of a follow-up phone call• List three self-care strategies for caregivers

Who should attend?• Nurses and Techs in Labor & Delivery, Post and Ante Partum, Emergency

Room, Same-Day Surgery, Neonatal Intensive Care, Public Health• Midwives and Doulas• Chaplains• Social Workers• Child Life Specialists• Genetic Counselors• Ultrasonographers• Physicians (OB/Family Medicine/ Fertility Specialists)• Emergency Medical Services

Continuing Education: See page 5 for complete information on continuing education credit.

Training focusThis course focuses on death through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, and newborn death.

Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death Oct. 17 – 18, 2018

• Emphasize the role of relationship and ritual

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RTS Training Agenda – Perinatal Death Day 17:30 a.m. – Sign in

8 a.m.

• Getting acquainted and setting the stage• Introduction to relationship in perinatal

bereavement care• Using theoretical frameworks to understand

relationship• Working with bereaved families using Guided

Participation• Building and maintaining relationship• Relationship in practice: Giving care (miscarriage)

Lunch

• Relationship in practice: Giving care (ectopic, stillbirth, newborn death)

• Keepsakes and photography• Summary of Day 1 and preparation for Day 2• Family panel

4:30 p.m. Adjourn

RTS Training Agenda – Perinatal Death Day 27:30 a.m. – Sign in

8 a.m.

• Reflections on Day 1• Relationship through spiritual care and ritual• Maintaining relationship with others (other parent,

grandparents, children)• Perinatal palliative care• The central role of hope in decision making• Respectful disposition, memorial, and funeral options• Interconceptual care• Transferring relationship and ongoing support

Lunch

• Policies and standard operating procedures• Moral distress and healthcare professionals’ grief• Relationship-based care as a foundation for caring for

yourself and your work group• Ritual and wrap-up

3:30 p.m. Adjourn

Agenda

Pre-requirementOnline modules must be completed prior to attending the classroom segment of the training (cost included in registration fee).

Nurses, social workers, and chaplains receive continuing education credit certificates electronically after completing the modules. Instructions for accessing the modules will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

Plainfield, IL SPACE IS LIMITED!REGISTER TODAY at www.ResolveThroughSharing.org

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In this 1-day workshop you will learn how to provide in-services and teach RTS Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death, Neonatal and Pediatric Death, or Pediatric and Adult Death to staff within your healthcare system using Resolve Through Sharing resources. You will also learn the skills you need to establish and maintain an interprofessional, best-practice bereavement standard of care in your organization.

PurposeThe purpose of this workshop is to provide individuals trained in the concepts of RTS with knowledge and skills necessary to develop and implement a comprehensive RTS perinatal, neonatal and pediatric, or pediatric and adult bereavement program.

Topics covered • Guiding change• Creating a standard of care• Teaching and presenting• Developing your leadership style• Assuring quality outcomes

Agenda8 a.m.

Introductions• Defining your role• Goals for the day

Section 1

12:00 p.m. LunchSection 2

3:30 Closing video and ritual

Already attended RTS Coordinator Training?Audit the course to refresh the knowledge and skills you learned from previously attending and benefit from recently made enhancements. Network and develop a support system with those who share your passion and role in other healthcare organizations. For audit pricing, see page 7.

Who should attend?Anyone who has completed an RTS Bereavement Training and would like to:• Develop and coordinate a bereavement program in their organization• Expand and enhance an existing bereavement program in their organization• Teach RTS in their organization

Pre-requirement (mandatory)RTS Bereavement Training: Perinatal

Death, Neonatal and Pediatric Death, or Pediatric and Adult Death

Attendees are required to view a one-hour video and complete a short study guide. A link for accessing the video and study guide will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

• 2 Hour House Study Guide discussion

• Diffusion of innovation• Defining your project• Guiding change

• Systems thinking• Creating a standard of care• Developing a bereavement

committee• Plan the plan

• Teaching and presenting• Learning styles inventory• Adult learners• P-O-P• Implementing education• Developing your leadership

style

• Keeping your program VITAL• Surveys and evaluations• Assuring quality outcomes• Creating a functional work

environment

NEW Curriculum

Resolve Through Sharing Coordinator Training (train-the-trainer) Oct. 19, 2018

Education Credit

Nursing contact hoursGundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc., is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death provides 12.75 contact hours. Resolve Through Sharing Coordinator Training provides 7 contact hours. The three online modules provide 1 contact hour each.

California – Provider (Gundersen Lutheran Bereavement and Advance Care Planning Services) approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #12245, for 12.75 contact hours for Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death, 7 contact hours for Resolve Through Sharing Coordinator Training, and 1 contact hour each for the three online modules.

Social work continuing education hoursGundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc., provider #1089, is approved as a provider for continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards. aswb.org. ASWB Approval period: Nov. 14, 2015 – Nov. 14, 2018. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc., maintains responsibility for the program. Licensed social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers will receive 12.75 continuing education hours by participating in Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death, 7 continuing education hours by participating in Resolve Through Sharing Coordinator Training. The three online modules provide 1 continuing education hour each.

To receive contact/continuing education (CE) hours, nurses, social workers and chaplains must be present for each full day of training (no partial credit will be given). Downloadable contact/CE certificate available upon completion of the evaluation. Contact/CE certificate for classroom portion given onsite. Contact/CE certificates for online courses awarded upon completion of each module.

Planning committeeRana Limbo, PhD, RN, CPLC, FAAN; Marie A. Walter, MS, RN, C-EFM, CPLC; Heather Silver, LCSW-C, CPLC; and Darryl Owens, MDiv., BCC, CT, CPLC

ADEC recognitionResolve Through Sharing (RTS) Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death is recognized by the Association for Death Education and Counseling to meet the thanatology-related contact hours to be Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement.

Speakers and planners have an employment relationship with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, Inc. We are a provider of the program, but we do not endorse any commercial products in conjunction with this program. Off label use of any products will not be discussed. Speakers vary due to program locations. Speaker credentials are available upon request.

Other creditsOther credits Bereavement Services is a provider for the National Association for Catholic Chaplains. These programs provide 15.3 contact hours for Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death, 8.4 contact hours for Resolve Through Sharing Coordinator Training, and 1.2 contact hours for each of the three online modules. Other disciplines will receive a certificate of attendance.

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Plainfield, IL SPACE IS LIMITED!REGISTER at www.ResolveThroughSharing.org

About the FacultyMarcia Jenkins, RN, CPLCRockville, IN

Marcia served as the Bereavement Coordinator at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis for 20 years, and she spent 23 years as part of their labor and delivery staff. She has been an RTS Coordinator for nearly 25 years and has received many awards,

including the Indianapolis Star “Salute to Nurses” Nurse of the Year. She is the co-author of the book, Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss..

Jane Heustis, RN, BSN, CPLC Indianapolis, IN

Jane brings 41 years of experience in pediatric, neonatal, high-risk obstetrical and labor and delivery nursing. She served as the perinatal loss support coordinator at Indiana University Health

in Indianapolis, IN, which offered inpatient and outpatient support and a perinatal hospital/perinatal palliative care program.

In addition to being an RTS Faculty member, Jane works as a home care nurse for medically fragile children. She is the co-author of Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss. Jane is also a bereaved parent, experiencing the loss of her preterm twins in 1983.

full bios available at ResolveThroughSharing.org .

Course planning is ongoing. Please check our website frequently for the most current schedule. www.ResolveThroughSharing.org.

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Training sponsor and location

We bring our training to you!We would be happy to consult with you regarding the bereavement training needs of your organization and bringing our training programs to you. Email us at rts@gundersenhealth.org.

2018 Training schedule

UC Davis Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network, Sacramento, CA

• Perinatal Death, April 9 – 10, 2018 • Coordinator Training, April 11, 2018

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

• Perinatal Death, May 23 – 24, 2018 • Coordinator Training, May 25, 2018

Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI

• Perinatal Death, August 6 – 7, 2018 • Adult Death, August 6 – 7, 2018 • Coordinator Training, August 8, 2018

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

• Perinatal Death, September 27 – 28, 2018 • Coordinator Training September 29, 2018

Course planning is ongoing. Please check our website frequently for the most current schedule. www.ResolveThroughSharing.org.

Edward Hospital and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare merged in 2013 to become one of the larger integrated health systems in Illinois. Comprised of three hospitals – Edward Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital and Linden Oaks Behavioral Health – the system has more than 60 locations across a service area of 1.7 million residents in the west and southwest suburbs of Chicago, nearly 8,500 employees, including 1,900 nurses with 2,000 physicians on staff, plus 1,300 volunteers.

For nearly 30 years, the Edward SHARE support group has been there to help parents who are grieving the loss of a baby. This long-time group has expanded its reach include Elmhurst Hospital, making it available to people who live in Elmhurst and surrounding communities served by Edward-Elmhurst Health.

LocationEdward Plainfield CampusConference Rooms 1 and 224600 W. 127th St.Plainfield, IL

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Registration Fees

Perinatal Death Training $550

Coordinator Training $450

Perinatal Death and Coordinator Training combo $950

Coordinator Training Audit (available only to those who have previously attended Coordinator Training $275

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GROUP DISCOUNTREGISTER at www.ResolveThroughSharing.org

Group discount (3 or more) $100 off per bereavement training registration WITH DISCOUNT CODE

NOTE:To receive the discount, you MUST obtain the group discount code PRIOR to registering. Email rts@gundersenhealth.org with the names of those in your group to receive the code. The code MUST be applied during the registration process.

Payment: Payment can be made by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Card.

Transfers: Registrations can be transferred to a different training location for a $25 administrative fee.

Cancellation policy: We offer a full refund minus a $75 administrative fee for each cancelled registration. We do not offer refunds if you fail to notify us prior to the training you cannot attend.

Accommodations: If you have questions or concerns about this course or require assistance or accommodations, please contact rts@gundersenhealth.org

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Gundersen Medical Foundation seeks to make this event accessible to all. If you have a disability that might require special accommodations, please e-mail your needs to rts@gundersenhealth.org

Contact us: If you have questions or grievances, please contact us at (608) 775-4747 or (800) 362-9567, ext. 54747

Fees include online modules, instruction, resource manual, certificate of completion, continuing education credit, lunch, and refreshments.

Gundersen Medical Foundation1900 South Avenue, AVS-003 La Crosse, WI 54601

www.ResolveThroughSharing.org

Check out other locations and dates for RTS Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric, and Pediatric and Adult Death Training. www.ResolveThroughSharing.org

“ This was an amazingly informative and powerfully moving course. I would recommend RTS to every person who cares for these patients…it is eye-opening to think of all the ways we can standardize and better our care for them.”

“ One of the most beneficial conferences I have been to. The topic of “hope” and what families hope for in situations surrounding death brought a new perspective to my thoughts on death. I will definitely be incorporating this into my care. Thank you.”

“This course was life changing for my career and my private life.”

RTS Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death, RTS Bereavement Training: Neonatal and Pediatric Death; RTS Bereavement Training: Pediatric and Adult Death, and RTS Coordinator Training help you comply with The Joint Commission standards for end-of-life care (PC.02.02.13) and other regulatory standards.

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