NICU Heroes Episode 20: Communicating with Parents During Stressful Times

In this episode:

  • Integrate parents as an essential part of their baby’s care team
  • Operate NICUs in a way that attends to parents as patients, in addition to baby
  • Evaluate how communication with parents impacts their mental health and NICU experience.

Guest:

Sue Hall MD, MSW, Retired Neonatologist, My NICU Network-My Perinatal Network
Wakako Eklund, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, FAANP, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrix Medical Group of TN

This episode is sponsored by The Boppy Company

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