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NICU Perspectives on Palliative Care

Shelley Thibeau, MSN, RNC; Lori Naquin, RNC

  • The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
  • August 2012 - Volume 43 · Issue 8: 342-343
  • DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20120725-03
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Abstract

Few health care professionals have received palliative care training to comfort dying infants and their families. One institution’s development of a palliative care program in the neonatal intensive care unit setting is discussed in this column.

Ms. Thibeau is RN Researcher, Center for Nursing Research, Ochsner Health System, and Ms. Naquin is NICU Palliative Care Nurse, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

E-mail: lnaquin@ochsner.org.

doi: 10.3928/00220124-20120725-03

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