NURSING CARE AT THE END OF LIFE
Grief and bereavement are universal experiences that people go through when they are dealing with a loss in their lives. In end-of-life care, nurses must understand the fundamentals about grief, loss, and bereavement on the part of patients and families, and also within themselves. Individuals each express and cope with losses differently and a nurse should expect to see that when working with patients and families at the end of life.
And when a baby dies from miscarriage, stillbirth, or after birth, families experience grief. How medical professionals respond during this vulnerable time will affect families for the rest of their lives. Appropriate guidance from caregivers can help start the healing process. Medical professionals themselves need guidance in just how to walk families through this journey. They also need to learn how to manage their own feelings to maintain their personal resilience. 
Caring for bereaved families can be demanding and draining for nurses and other healthcare professionals. They need training and support to know the right things to say and do. They also need education about how to take care of themselves in these complex situations. A perinatal bereavement training program is a valuable asset to the county government of Nandi healthcare workforce. 
Thus the County Government of Nandi in partnership with Kenya Aids Vaccine Initiatives (KAVI-UoN), National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have joined hands to offer the advanced perinatal bereavement training for the healthcare workforce. Today, the second cohort of healthcare professionals underwent the training to prepares them to provide support to bereaved families.
A unique traumatic life event, perinatal loss requires a specialized approach to care.
All the losses have magnified the universal need for bereavement education – in nursing school and beyond. Caring for patients doesn’t stop at the end of life.