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NICU Nurses Good and Bad

I sometimes wonder if NICU nurses realize how huge of an impact they have on the parents’ NICU experience.  There does not have to be a lot of interaction between parents and nurses if it’s not encouraged by the parents, but even still the attitude, gentleness, and concern a nurse has for each baby is [...]

OTs: My Very Best Friends!

The OTs, or Occupational Therapists, were my very best friends in the NICU.  For one thing, there were only three of them in my NICU and as soon as I started learning to breastfeed my baby I got help from one of them almost every single day.  They were incredible.  They were encouraging, helpful, informative, [...]

NICU Nurses

There are many part-time and full-time nurses who rotate through the NICU.  In my 94 days in the NICU with my preemie girl I probably saw 40-50 different nurses who cared for my baby, or more;  it seemed like more.  You must remember that full-time for a nurse is three or four 12-hour shifts, and [...]