The Bridge Program team is a specially trained group dedicated to serving the unique needs of your child’s complex medical diagnosis. We include a registered nurse, a nurse practitioner, and a physician who will work closely with your primary medical team, care managers, child life specialists, and members of the children’s therapy services staff to ensure the best care possible.
Pediatric Medical Complexity
For our pediatric patients with complex medical situations who are admitted to USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, we will come to your child’s hospital bedside to get to know who your child is as a person. Our goal is to help your child and family to set goals to live their BEST LIFE possible, while navigating serious or numerous medical conditions. Types of assistance we offer include:
- Guiding you to advocate for the best care and treatment options available for your child
- Education of diagnosis and prognosis
- Specialized pediatric pain management
- Organizing interdisciplinary team meetings among your child’s subspecialists and primary team
- Coordinating with our child life specialists, physical/occupational/speech therapists, and chaplain support
- Coordinating mental health and grief counseling
- Offering integrative medicine modalities, including aroma therapy, art therapy, pet therapy, etc.
- Assisting as you make goals of care for your child and reevaluating those goals if there are changes to your child’s medical condition
- Coordinating with your child’s school
- Celebrating your accomplishments!
Prenatal Care and Fetal Care Center
For your baby’s prenatal diagnosis of a serious medical condition, we provide services specialized to your pregnancy. We offer:
- Education of diagnosis and prognosis
- Exploration of all treatment options
- Introduction to our board-certified neonatologists, including a tour of our state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Assisting in detailed birth planning
- Creation of unique memory items to celebrate your child’s birth
- Sibling and family support
Hospice / Palliative Care
In the rare, difficult times a child is diagnosed with a terminal medical condition, care for your family does not stop. Our services include:
- Coordinating seamless care transitions with your home health services when your child requires care in the hospital
- Pain and symptom management
- Exploring all available treatment options
- Grief counseling
- Helping your family to reach their goals and make meaningful memories