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 | 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 | 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...
by Jennifer Degl | Jun 19, 2021 | Blog, Father's Day, NICU
It’s almost Father’s Day. Father’s Day is special in our family for many reasons. Besides the fact that our four children adore their father, it’s also the day that my husband first held our micro preemie. She was already 1 month old and he had only previously been...
by Jennifer Degl | Jun 12, 2021 | Blog, NEANN, NICU
Last month I had the honor of being the closing Keynote Speaker for the 2021 NEANN Annual Conference. I did not present alone. Alongside me was a NICU nurse named Meagan Sheakowski, who is also the mom to a NICU baby born with a rare heart condition. Together we...