Helping NICU parents face the future

One of the biggest questions weighing on NICU parents' minds is what the future will bring, and a sense of optimism about the future is important to enduring a lengthy hospitalization. Will their child be healthy with good quality of life? Will their child be happy with a circle of friends? Neonatologists and NICU providers spend a great deal of time supporting and counseling families as they wrestle with these important questions. We clinicians tend to focus on the medical condition of the infant to predict long-term physical and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: research