MEDICAL PROVIDERS

You are essential in helping families facing the loss of a baby receive compassionate support and remembrance photography. Whether referring families, capturing images when needed, or integrating our services into your facility, there are many ways to make a difference. Explore the options below to get involved.

Continuing Education: Remembrance Photography as a Best Practice in Perinatal Loss Populations

Approved for 2.0 CEs*

NILMDTS strives to provide every family with remembrance portraits, but volunteer availability isn’t always guaranteed. The Medical Affiliate Program ensures families receive quality images when a NILMDTS photographer is unavailable. By learning these skills, you can offer grieving families the best photos possible. This program supports the work you already do, your personal information remains private, and you won’t be asked to take sessions outside your facility.

*Contact hours will be available for nurses throughout the United States. This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

As a medical professional, you will walk away from this training with confidence and new skills to support bereaved families.

You will receive the following:

  • A two-hour self-paced online training course
  • 2.0 CEs are available for registered nurses throughout the US
  • Access to our secure online portal to upload images for our NILMDTS Digital Retouch Artists to gently retouch

Topics covered:

  • Lessons on NICU photography
  • Information on water immersion photography
  • Essential communication skills for offering photographs during such a sensitive time
  • Skills to create an intimate portrait session that will elevate the quality of photographs for the bereaved families that will be served

NILMDTS is currently offering this Continuing Education Course for $50.

Become an Affiliated facility

The NILMDTS Medical Affiliate Program offers an Affiliated Facilities option for medical groups looking to train multiple staff members in remembrance photography. This program is ideal for facilities integrating training into continuing education or orientation.

Affiliate Facilities receive discounted rates, and registered nurses throughout the United States can earn 2.0 contact hours. The course is open to all medical professionals in perinatal loss care and is approved by the Colorado Nurses Association, accredited by the ANCC Commission on Accreditation.

Requesting services

Please call our volunteers between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm and learn about the gestational guideline of 22 weeks.

We encourage medical professionals to review our FAQs to better understand volunteer expectations and ensure the best possible experience for families.

Find a Photographer

The more notice we have about a family’s possible need, the greater the chance a NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer will be available to provide services.

Forms & Documents

In order to help comply with HIPAA and ensure protection of all involved parties, there are authorization and consent forms that should be filled out prior to each session.

Retouching Services

Our goal is to serve every family, but photographer availability is not guaranteed. If a photographer is unavailable, we offer retouching options to help preserve their baby’s memory.

You help make this possible

“I’m sitting up tonight unable to sleep and thought ‘They are amazing.’ I wanted to thank your organization and volunteers for everything they do. When I lost my little boy I was so against pictures at first, but the minute I held him, I was afraid to forget his face. I agreed to have photographs done and I am so glad I did.”

Christian | John Randall’s Mom

Resources to Guide Parents Through Loss

Communication Guidance For Parents Facing Loss

Informational Resource Including Posing Guide

Letter For Families Without A NILMDTS Photographer For Retouching Support