Scranton Professor Publishes Book

Feb 9, 2016
The new book “Perinatal and Pediatric Bereavement in Nursing and Other Health Professions” is co-edited by University of Scranton Nursing Professor Patricia Moyle Wright, Ph.D.
The new book “Perinatal and Pediatric Bereavement in Nursing and Other Health Professions” is co-edited by University of Scranton Nursing Professor Patricia Moyle Wright, Ph.D.

University of Scranton Nursing Professor Patricia Moyle Wright, Ph.D., published her first book, “Perinatal and Pediatric Bereavement in Nursing and Other Health Professions,” in January. She co-edited the textbook with Beth Perry Black, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Rana Limbo, Ph.D., associate director and senior faculty consultant of Resolve Through Sharing, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The textbook serves as a state-of-the-art resource on perinatal and pediatric palliative care. The book, which includes new evidence-based research and findings from scholars and practitioners worldwide, provides different and even competing perspectives that address the complexities of the tragic human experience of perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric death. It focuses on guiding nurses and other health care providers who provide care to those involved. The book also serves as a study aid for students preparing for the Pediatric Loss Certification (NBCHPN) exam.

Dr. Wright is an associate professor of nursing at Scranton, teaching in the University’s undergraduate and graduate programs. She joined the University’s faculty in 2007. Her clinical expertise is in end-of-life/hospice nursing. Her research is centered on grief and bereavement with a particular emphasis on perinatal loss, and she has published numerous articles on this topic. She continues to work on refining the Pushing On theory of perinatal bereavement, which is included in this book, and is also conducting research on other forms of loss and grief.

Dr. Wright, a resident of Dallas, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Misericrodia University. She also completed a certificate in palliative care at Villanova University. She holds a doctorate in nursing from Loyola University, Chicago.

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