NICU Heroes Podcast
The podcast for NICU Professionals.
The NICU Heroes podcast is produced exclusively for NICU professionals. NICU Heroes is dedicated to helping NICU professionals, like you, better understand, support and nurture the entire NICU family. Topics include:
- Communicating with parents during stressful times
- Avoiding burnout in the NICU
- Supporting dads in the NICU
- Psychosocial support of NICU families
- Developmental diapering
- Grief and loss
- And more
Each episode allows opportunity to earn one hour of continuing education credits, unless otherwise noted. It is the sole responsibility of the individual to verify if this credit is valid and eligible for use in your State and/or for your discipline for licensure or certification renewal.
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Episode 33: Palliative Care for Neonates
Guest: Dr. Elvira Parravicini, Neonatologist, Neonatal Comfort Care Program Director, Columbia University In this episode: Explain how neonatal palliative care differs from adult or pediatric palliative care. List three things to refrain from saying to a family with a...
Episode 32: PTSD in the NICU: The Trauma is Real
Guest: Dr. Tiffany Gladdis, Licensed Clinical PsychologistIn this episode: Explain what trauma-informed care is. List three signs or symptoms of anxiety/PTSD that might warrant a consultation with a mental health professional. Share how NICU professionals can identify...
Episode 31: Will This Baby Thrive Outside the NICU?
Guest: Dr. Kristine Tolentino-Plata, Senior Child Development Specialist In this episode: Describe the purpose of the Bayley developmental assessment and at what age(s) it is typically performed after discharge from the NICU. List three ways a NICU follow-up clinic...
Episode 30: All the Time You Need: Helping Grieving Patients
Guest: JS Park, Author, ChaplainIn this episode: Explain how a hospital chaplain's role differs from a pastor or worship leader. List three ways a patient may react to grief or difficult news from a medical professional. Name three things a NICU professional can do to...
Episode 29: Perinatal Mental Health: How to Start the Conversation
Guest: Dr. Stephanie Waggel, MD, MS, PMH-C,Psychiatrist, Medical Director Improve Life PLLCIn this episode: List two things that make a patient susceptible to PMADS (perinatal mood and anxiety disorders). Describe two treatment options for PMADS. Explain what makes...
Episode 28: Every Heart Has a Story: Understanding the Pediatric Heart
Guest: Daniel Penny, M.D., Ph.D., MHA Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Childrens Hospital In this episode: List at least one reason why neonates are more susceptible to congenital heart defects. Name two advancements in pediatric cardiac care in the last decade....
Episode 27: Preeclampsia: What You May Not Know
Guest: David Berry, M.D., Maternal Fetal Medicine In this episode: Name three signs of preeclampsia Explain what "new sire" syndrome means in relation to preeclampsia List two common clinical signs/symptoms of a baby in the NICU if his/her mom had preeclampsia About...
Previous NICU Heroes Podcast Episodes
Find previous episodes of the NICU Heroes Podcast here! Episode 26: Preventing Burnout in NICU Professionals | Claim CEU Episode 25: Somatic Trauma Therapy | Claim CEU Episode 24: Retinopathy of Prematurity: Causes, Treatments, & Research | Claim CEU Episode 23:...
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