Your Facebook Friend is Wrong! Continuing in our changemaker series, this month we are focusing on tools and strategies to help you find the Strength to be the ONE - the ONE unstoppable nurse striving for the best in Neuro Nurturing NICU Care.  A powerful tool for any...

Strength to be the ONE during hard times If you are anything like me, you love working in the NICU, caring for babies and their families, and feeling like you are making a difference. The COVID-19 pandemic and adjustments to our usual practice has made our difficult...

15,000 Nurses Speak Out about COVID-19 In May 2020, the results of a national survey conducted by NurseGrid highlighted the profound impact that COVID-19 has had on nurses. An incredible 15,000+ responses were collected!?!  The survey collected some demographic data...

2020 is the Year of the Nurse Early this year, when COVID-19 was still just a faint and distant rumbling, the World Health Organization designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. This designation has taken on a new meaning for so many nurses as COVID-19...

Generational Engagement and the road to Quality ImprovementGeneration Y, more commonly referred to as Millennials, are those people born between 1980 and 1994. They are currently between 26-40 years old. What does that have to do with nursing, or more specifically,...

Like so many other aspects of life, COVID-19 has forced medical professionals, and particularly nurses, to develop innovative approaches to our every day care. The NICU is no exception. Recently, we heard from one of the members in our Synapse Community about a novel...

In a recent blog, we discussed how COVID-19 visitor restrictions may be negatively impacting the sensory support of babies in the NICU. But how is it impacting parents?  Earlier this month, Jill Beck, MSN, RNC-NIC, C-NNIC discussed Parental Uncertainty in the Time of...

The infant mother dyad is an ever present part of the NICU dialogue, and with good reason as mothers play a crucial role in the health and healing of our fragile patients.  But what about fathers?  In this Literature Spotlight, we highlight the work of...