Monthly Poll

Child Life Services in the NICU

Help us support NICUs implementing or strengthening Child Life Services in their units. If your unit doesn't offer Child Life Services, what are their barriers? Hasn't been the priority to advocate for this position since we are advocating for nursing positions that...

Holding During Cooling

Help us support units seeking to implement holding during cooling for infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).If no, what challenges does your unit face that prevent holding during cooling? Provider buy-in Lack of information [Lack of] aEEG...

Formal Reading Program

Help us support units seeking to implement a formal reading program.

Trauma-Informed Care Education

Help us support NICUs working toward implementing Trauma-Informed Care education for NICU professionals.If yes, please share what you can about your program: We have done a brief, one-time offering, summarizing from a conference I attended. It was optional. I would...

Gestational Siblings in NICU

Help us support NICUs working toward welcoming gestational siblings at the bedside.If yes, please share your unit's guidelines/policies around gestational sibling presence; if no, please share your unit’s barriers to welcoming gestational siblings: Sibling more than...

Feedback From Members

We asked you to share what you love about the FCC Taskforce and where we can improve.

Implementing Staff and Family Debriefs

Help us support NICUs working toward implementing staff and family debriefs after adverse events.If yes, does your unit use a script or tool for staff and family debriefs? Yes, it is a template Yes there is a script with topics as well as time for open discussion The...

Experience With a Paid Family Partner Position

Tell us about your unit’s experience with a paid Family Partner position!If your unit has a paid Family Partner position, how much does it compensate? $24-$25 per hour (CA) $20-$25 per hour (MI) $46 per hour (MA) $43 per hour (NY) $20 per hour plus benefits (CA) How...

Experience With Couplet Care

Tell us about your unit's experience with Couplet Care! ***Couplet Care is a model where mothers and babies are cared for together in the same room with considerations for the interdependent needs of the mother and infant, and where gestational siblings are welcomed...

Continuity Attending

Does your NICU have a Continuity Attending Program?

FCC Training

How does your NICU maintain energy and enthusiasm around FCC training and retraining in the face of staff turnover?Responses: Our team has a strong desire to learn best practices; however, things really fall apart when they don't have designated and paid time to...