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Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care

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Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care

Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care is a service for children living with medical conditions which may be serious, complex, chronic, or filled with uncertainty. The Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care team focuses on improving quality of life for both the child and the family through a goal-focused plan of care.

We are here to:

  • Learn what matters most to your family regarding the care of your child to help you form goals of care
  • Support your child and family at any point along your journey
  • Work with you and your child to make health care choices
  • Prevent, manage, and ease pain and other symptoms with medicine and integrative medicine options, such as acupressure and aromatherapy.

We will be available to:

  • See your child during inpatient stays and/or clinic appointments
  • Provide ongoing care alongside your child's medical team(s) throughout the course of illness

Perinatal Palliative Care

Perinatal Palliative Care is a service to offer support to a family who has learned their unborn baby has a medical condition. We offer support at the time of a prenatal diagnosis or any time during the rest of pregnancy.

Our purpose and goals are to:

  • Prevent or ease suffering for the baby and family before, during, and after birth
  • Give a sense of well-being and peace of mind
  • Learn what parents feel is most important for their baby
  • Help with making a care plan that supports parents’ wishes

We can also give support after birth through our Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Program as needed.

Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Specialists

Our team looks at all aspects that make your child and family unique. Each team member is an expert to focus on your child’s well-being.

Doctor/nurse practitioner

Reviews and manages your child’s symptoms.
Works with the family to define goals of care and to help with decision-making.

Nurse

Supports those who may be faced with grief and loss.
Coordinates care between health care teams that take care of your child.

Social worker

Helps find resources for your family in the hospital and in the community settings.
Gives emotional support for you and your child.

Child life specialist

Offers an outlet for self-expression through play and memory-making efforts with children and siblings.
Gives emotional support for family members.

Spiritual services (chaplain)

Offers spiritual support.
Helps create an environment for prayer and spirituality.

Music therapist

Helps children with pain and anxiety.
Allows children to express feelings and be a part of family interaction.

Art therapist

Helps lessen stress and anxiety for patients and their family through normalizing, creative activities.
Offers an outlet for emotional expression.

Our Care Team

Rebecca J. Benson, MD, PhD portrait

Rebecca J.
Benson
MD, PhD

  • Department of Pediatrics
4.72 out of 5 (76 ratings)
Abimbola Olayinka, MD portrait

Abimbola
Olayinka
MD

  • Department of Pediatrics

Stephen Robert Hays, MD, MS, FAAP portrait

Stephen Robert
Hays
MD, MS, FAAP

  • Anesthesia

Molly Bauer, ARNP portrait

Molly
Bauer
ARNP

  • Department of Pediatrics
Maja A. Campbell, ARNP portrait

Maja A.
Campbell
ARNP

  • Department of Pediatrics
Janine Petitgout, DNP, ARNP, CPNP portrait

Janine
Petitgout
DNP, ARNP, CPNP

  • Department of Pediatrics
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Pediatric Public Elevators, Level 2
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200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
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