The Milky Way: A collaborative path to improve breast milk...
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...
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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...
There is a special job in the NICU that is “Family Support Specialist.” This person has the opportunity to walk alongside families through their...
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...
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...
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...
Feeding is a developmental milestone for babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – both for those born prematurely, and for those born...
This is my first blog ever, so I chose a big topic that can be discussed generally and then followed-up with additional, interesting information...
It was New Years Eve, 1997 and life was good. Our home in Palo Alto was filled with people we loved; candles flickered, a...
As the NFI (NIDCAP Federation International) launches its first blog, it seems appropriate to share how the seeds of NIDCAP (Newborn Individualized Developmental Care...