Can you share with us a good NICU day for your child (a triumph)? What was the day were you need support and strength?Our triumph was coming off of room air. The hospital gave me steroid shots when I was admitted in hopes to help make his lungs better, sinc...
Did your grandchild just earn a first-class ticket to the NICU? Listen as grandparent (Jammie as she's called) and pediatrician, Dr. Judith Enders, share her best suggestions for loving your grandchild well and supporting your child without being overbearing. 💚 Connect with the host, Kathry...
Objective: to understand both the maternal experience of the NICU and mothers' views of a NICU Parent Support Group. Background: mothers of babies who are born prematurely have their first experiences of parenting while their infant is in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This presents ...
In Australia, families to a premature or sick newborn can access emotional support through organisations such as Miracle Babies Foundation. The Miracle Babies 24 Hour Family Support Line (NurtureLine) provides access to a trained support team and can assist parents and extended family members in co...
and the denial responses of well-meaning family members during their infant's illness. In an effort to address the NICU parents' need for support, Butterworth Hospital in collaboration with Michigan State University initiated a demonstration and research project focused on parent-to-parent support. ...
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Additional suggestions for parent support can be found at an online 'tool kit' developed by members of the supplemental issue workgroup (www.support4NICUparents.org). 4. All NICUs should have resources within the NICU and affiliated hospital for caring for the 20–30% (or higher) of NICU ...
A well-organized parent-to-parent support program can provide both support and resources to help parents deal with the stress of having a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In order to implement a support program, hospital personnel must commit to the program, volunteer parents ...
We have limited information on families’ experiences during transition and after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. Open-ended semi-structured interviews were conducted with English or Spanish- speaking families enrolled in Medicaid in an
including addressing any healthcare disparities and psychosocial challenges that may impact the parent’s ability to meet the needs of their infant and their capacity to provide for those needs. For example, the development of protocols to address healthcare disparities (e.g., having public insuranc...