by Jennifer Degl | Mar 27, 2022 | Blog
The NICU Parent Network (NPN) and National Perinatal Association (NPA), stand in solidarity with our European neonatal and perinatal colleagues as they struggle to provide care and support to the most vulnerable, medically fragile babies and their families. We...
by Jennifer Degl | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Merry Christmas
My heart is full. Last December in the height of the pandemic I was not able to collect toys for children hospitalized over the holidays at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital but this year I was given special permission to do it! For the last nine years (with the...
by Jennifer Degl | Nov 20, 2021 | Blog, Preemie, World Prematurity Day
Wednesday November 17th was World Prematurity Day, and boy did we celebrate! The New York Bridge State Authority was super supportive and agreed to light up the Mid-Hudson Bridge (in New York) purple to help us spread awareness. It was beautiful. We had a special...
by Jennifer Degl | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, World Prematurity Day
November 17th is World Prematurity Day! Did you know that 380,000 babies are born prematurely each year? 10% of all births in the United States are preterm, costing over 26 billion dollars in health care and leaving babies and families with long lasting struggles. In...
by Jennifer Degl | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, NICU, Perinatal
I am SUPER excited to share my news with you… After over four years of doing research, analyzing survey results and writing (along with a fabulous group of NICU experts from the International Neonatal Consortium from The Critical Path Institute), I am VERY happy to...
by Jennifer Degl | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog, Health Equity, NICU
FOR NICU FAMILIES, RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY IS NOT JUST A MOMENT … IT’S A MOVEMENT That is the title of the article I recently published in Advances in Neonatal Care, the journal of The National Association of Neonatal Nursing (NANN). Health care...
