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Northwest Mothers Milk Bank welcomes healthcare and allied health professionals to this thoughtful symposium, which aims to provide tools and resources to those who care for bereaved families in their work.Healthcare professionals have been invited to speak on a variety of tough topics, for which our field rarely receives formal instruction or education. Among others, topics include:
● Developing a model of patient care that offers support from a place of strength and calm
● Understanding your role in memory-making
● Strengthening your workplace's palliative care/perinatal loss program
● The implications of maternal lactation if neonatal survival is not expected
● Recognizing the effects of chronic stress and burnout
● Reviewing evidence-based self-care skills that impact stress and trauma
● Stories from real families; how their needs were met or unmet
Come curious, leave with confidence—it's okay to talk about it, and your bereaved patients and clients are grateful that you do.
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- Location & Parking -
Free, ample, on-site parking is available.
This event takes place in the warm, inviting Community Room of the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, a hidden gem which overlooks Portland from the Washington side of the magnificent Columbia River.
- Dining Included -
Lunch is included in the cost of your ticket and provided by Artemis Foods, a Portland catering company with a menu created from food that is local, organic, and sustainably brought to the table. Vegan and gluten free options are available.
- Art Gallery -
Peruse the gallery of paintings and essays featured by our community partner, Buzzy's Bees, a nonprofit organization that pairs grieving families with a professional writer and artist to create a collaborative artistic representation of their child's life.
- Content Warning -
The topics in this Symposium will feature in-depth discussion of infant demise. Please take care of yourself.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, 4650 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA 98661-5581, United States,Vancouver, Washington
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