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Professional trajectories are often shaped by a confluence of personal experiences, societal structures, and professional aspirations. While traditional career development frameworks emphasize strategic planning...
My daughter was born 5 years ago at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel. She was almost 4 months premature, at 26...
Supporting breastfeeding has always been a top priority in our NICU at Meir Medical Center in Kfar-Saba, Israel. We are lucky enough to have...
Along the entrance corridor to our NICU, flat television screens show colorful pictures of our premature babies, as NICU patients and graduates of all...
When they announced 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, as a nurse I felt honoured and humbled to be recognised by...
Part 2. My Impressions as a “Young” NICU Nurse In Hebrew, a new nurse in a unit or ward is often called a “young”...
I joined the NIDCAP Federation International in 2017 after attending their annual NIDCAP Trainers Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. NIDCAP stands for Newborn Individualized Developmental...
Admission to the neonatal unit occurs during a sensitive period of development. The first 1,000 days of life from conception to age three is...
Just 7 days earlier, I had an OBGYN visit. After a great visit, I asked other moms of multiples if they thought I would...
Tuve la oportunidad de tener a mis trillizos en el año 1999 en Londres, Inglaterra. Nacieron de 29 semanas de gestación en el Hospital...
In 2008, following the deaths of my children, I went home from the hospital feeling empty and broken-hearted. I simply wanted to close my...
It was the summer of 2008 and I spent the most wonderful vacation carrying my twin baby girls. At our 21 week antenatal check-up...
As members of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care Program (NIDCAP) family know all too well, preterm birth is a global challenge with developmental and...
Leaving the secure if somewhat claustrophobic bubble of the NICU after three months was tinged with many conflicting emotions. We so desperately wanted to be...
“No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human...
