A NICU Nurse Reunion
Jeannie with my former 31-week twins and their younger sister. This is Jeannie. I met Jeannie in the NICU when she was assigned to my identical twin girls one Saturday afternoon. Still early enough in...
View ArticleCelebrating Nurses for National Nurses Week
We come across them in almost every single medical office we encounter: our general practitioner, our OBGYN, our kids’ pediatrician, a specialist, and more. Nurses often serve as the first point of...
View ArticleCelebrating NICU Heroes
Kelli and her husband with Karla, one of the nurses during Jackson’s NICU stay. NICU professionals hold the lives of our precious babies in their hands – literally making life and death decisions...
View ArticleNICU Nurses: We Save Babies
Neonatal Nurses Day is a celebration of the nurses that care for our babies born premature and babies with complications. The theme for 2017 is special. The theme “We Save Babies” came from the voices...
View Article6 Reasons Your Baby Needs a Primary NICU Nurse
Photo credit Olesia Bilkei Are you a parent of a new baby that is likely to be in the NICU for a month or longer? Are you feeling helpless on how to support your son or daughter during their hour of...
View ArticleBecoming a NICU Mom Made Me a Better NICU Nurse
Photo courtesy Guardia family by Laura Guardia The day my daughter was born took three years in the making. My husband and I struggled with infertility: seven IUIs (intrauterine insemination), a...
View ArticleCelebrating Neonatal Nurses Week
September 9 – 15 is Neonatal Nurses Week! Established in 2000 by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), members of the neonatal community use this time to honor their nurse colleagues and...
View ArticleTo the NICU Heroes
Photo credit: Heidi Howard Photography. Image courtesy of Jessica Tyler Not all heroes wear capes. Mine happened to come in scrubs and cargo pants. But they swooped in like superheroes do, saving the...
View ArticleNominate a NICU Professional for the NICU Hero Award
Hand to Hold invites all NICU parents to nominate a special NICU Hero and celebrate how they made a difference in their NICU journey. NICU parents are invited to nominate NICU professionals for Hand...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2023 National NICU Hero Contest
Hand to Hold’s NICU Hero Award Contest celebrates NICU professionals across the US during NICU Awareness month AUSTIN – Hand to Hold, a national nonprofit that provides early intervention mental...
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