by Leigh Ann Torres | Sep 9, 2019 | Family Stories
Established in 2000 by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), Neonatal Nurses Week gives members of the neonatal community the opportunity to honor their nurse colleagues and show their pride in being a neonatal nurse. For NICU parents, it’s a time...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jun 19, 2018 | News
Hand to Hold believes that NICU parents are often just as fragile as their babies. Nurses are in a unique position to acknowledge and address many of the challenges families face during a NICU stay and beyond. Yet few NICUs offer staff education in optimal methods of...
by Katie Reginato Cascamo | Sep 11, 2017 | NICU Life
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 of our NICU Nurses at the National Association of Neonatal...
by Amy Carr | May 12, 2014 | Inspiration, News, NICU Life
My husband and I were taken by surprise when our daughter was born early and gasping for breath. They whisked her quickly away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a place I had never fathomed we would be. This was the very place where our daughter received the...
by Melissa Haber | Sep 17, 2012 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
Our daughter Daphne had a fairly long NICU stay for a 27-weeker, which earned her the chance to spend time with dozens of nurses. In fact, every nurse in the large unit had the honor to care for her at least once. The first few weeks were grueling. She was so sick and...