by Jennifer Degl | Oct 26, 2023 | Blog, NICU, Podcast, World Prematurity Day
I was honored to be a guest on the NICU Alumni Podcast series, and it was just in time so that I could share it during Prematurity Awareness Month! NICU Alumni was founded by Andrea Hickson, the parent of two fierce NICU grads. After bringing her little ones home, she...
by Jennifer Degl | Feb 25, 2023 | Blog, NICU
My mission is to improve the physical and emotional health of premature and medically fragile babies, and their families. I have been so blessed in my ability to do this over the last 10 years. As my family obligations grow along with my career, the time allowed to...
by Jennifer Degl | Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, NANN, Speaking
I had the honor of presenting at the 38th Annual NANN Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada that took place in September of 2022. For those of you who don’t know what NANN is, it stands for the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. NANN is an inclusive, diverse community...
by Jennifer Degl | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog, NICU
September is NICU Awareness Month and September 30th is NICU Awareness Day. This month also hosts a few other important recognition weeks. Neonatal Nurses Week was the week of September 11th and Neonatal Therapists Week was the week of September 18th. Wow. That is a...
by Jennifer Degl | Aug 13, 2022 | Blog, iCAN
It’s been a while since I wrote a blogpost but I have something very exciting to share today! Last month I participated in the International Children’s Advocacy Network (iCAN) Summit in Lyon, France. iCAN is a worldwide consortium of children’s advisory groups, known...
by Jennifer Degl | May 12, 2022 | Blog, micro preemie
My micro preemie turns 10 today! Each year her birthday hits me in a different way. I cried the majority of the day on her 1st birthday. Her 2nd through 4th birthdays seemed a lot more full of fun and games as far as I can remember but we did not have parties. Her 5th...