021: Individualization, Trust, and Grace

Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode Dr. William Hull joins us to share his family’s NICU story and his professional insight for topics like family-centered care, giving everyone in the NICU grace, and honoring vulnerability. Relationship building and active listening are crucial steps to facilitating safety for families and clinicians. We are so grateful you are here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Reflection prompts for this episode:

• Reflect on experiences you have had with families. Do you notice a difference in how you relate to birthing and non-birthing parents?

• How do you sustain yourself while working with fragile babies and families? 

Resources we mentioned during this episode:

• Postpartum Depression Screening Practices in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Opportunities for Improvement - PubMed     

• Supporting Fathers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review - PubMed   

• Addressing the Minority Tax: Perspectives From Two Diversity Leaders on Building Minority Faculty Success in Academic Medicine

• NICU virtual rounds: Feasibility and acceptability of enhanced access for families and care providers

• NICU Virtual Family-Centered Rounds: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial 

• The NICU Dad            

Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues!

-Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛