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“Parents and family caregivers are not visitors.”
Our FCC Taskforce Advocacy Committee co-chaired by Kerri Machut, MD and Nicole Nyberg, NNP submitted a resolution to the AAP Leadership Conference titled “Parents and Family Caregivers are not visitors.” (#36) supported by the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (SoNPM). Click below to read supportive comments from Family Partners and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals:
“… Few of us anticipate that our babies’ birth will be a medical emergency – or that we will require intensive care. But this is the reality for more than one in ten of us. Please appreciate that a NICU admission is an abrupt break in the birthing and bonding process. When this happens, families need love and support …”
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