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My name is Marília Rêgo, and I’m an occupational therapist working in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a public hospital in Recife,...
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My name is Marília Rêgo, and I’m an occupational therapist working in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a public hospital in Recife,...
Four of my seven children, a son and three daughters, came home to our family through the foster system here in Massachusetts. They were...
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...
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”...
Part 1. My reflections as a veteran nurse on the evolution of NIDCAP Care in our NICU I retired from work recently. I started...
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...
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...
This month marks a major transition in my life. I am retiring from WakeMed, where for 30 years I have served as the Pediatric...
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...