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The Journey Never Ends: A Time to Reflect
Melissa Johnson, PhD This month marks a major transition in my life. I am retiring from WakeMed, where for 30 years I have served as the Pediatric Psychologist in the NICU, in our Special Infant Care...
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When Life Gives you Lemons: A Personal Story from Bulgaria about Pregnancy,...
Nina Nikolova 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 eyes and die. I physically appeared to look...
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NIDCAP – Mi experiencia personal con trillizos
Mónica Virchez Tuve la oportunidad de tener a mis trillizos en el año 1999 en Londres, Inglaterra. Nacieron de 29 semanas de gestación en el Hospital Hammersmith y posteriormente los trasladaron al...
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What NIDCAP meant to my NICU experience…
Latoshia Rouse Just 7 days earlier, I had an OBGYN visit. After a great visit, I asked other moms of multiples if they thought I would make it to 36 weeks. My doc seemed very confident that I would,...
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Why Partnering with Parents in the Neonatal Unit is the Key to Everything
Nadine Griffiths, RN, MEd 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 considered an open and critical,...
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Why I joined the NIDCAP Federation International
Jennifer Degl I joined the NIDCAP Federation International in 2017 after attending their annual NIDCAP Trainers Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. NIDCAP stands for Newborn Individualized Developmental Care...
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Two Part Series – NIDCAP Care as Experienced by Two Nurses, One a Veteran,...
Part 1. My reflections as a veteran nurse on the evolution of NIDCAP Care in our NICU Michelle Julie Meyer, RN I retired from work recently. I started my journey as a NICU nurse thirty years ago, when...
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Two Part Series – NIDCAP Care as Experienced by Two Nurses, One a Veteran,...
Part 2. My Impressions as a “Young” NICU Nurse Orna Netzer, RN In Hebrew, a new nurse in a unit or ward is often called a “young” nurse; I am then a quite “young” NICU nurse, although I am in my...
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UK NIDCAP Centre Celebrates World Prematurity Day
Gillian Kennedy, NIDCAP Trainer poses with the unit’s psychotherapist in celebration of World NIDCAP Day University College Hospital, London, UK is the home of the UK NIDCAP Centre. This week sees us...
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World NIDCAP Day
On March 20th, the NIDCAP Federation International (NFI) celebrated the 2nd Annual World NIDCAP Day. The celebrations will continue all month long. How we celebrated 2nd Annual World NIDCAP Day… Follow...
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2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife…Celebrating nurses in our training centre...
Nadine Griffiths, RN, MEd When they announced 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, as a nurse I felt honoured and humbled to be recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a profession...
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A Case for NIDCAP Family Support Specialist
Jessica Bowen, MSW, LCSW, I/ECMH-C There is a special job in the NICU that is “Family Support Specialist.” This person has the opportunity to walk alongside families through their NICU stay with the...
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Wall of Hope
Along the entrance corridor to our NICU, flat television screens show colorful pictures of our premature babies, as NICU patients and graduates of all ages. As I walk down the corridor to begin my...
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The Milky Way: A collaborative path to improve breast milk supply in the NICU
Eti Greenberg, RN 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 seven nurses who are certified Lactation...
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Coming Home
My daughter was born 5 years ago at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel. She was almost 4 months premature, at 26 weeks of gestation and weighing 950 grams. Hers was the easiest birth I’ve...
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