Heart of Texas NANN

07/14/2023

The Houston rodeo may be coming to an end but that's not stopping these tiny tots from celebrating until the Ferris wheel comes down.

06/06/2023

05/09/2023

It's one of our favorite weeks of the year! This week (and all weeks, really 😍) NANN celebrates YOU and your amazing, life-saving work! Thank you for all you give to your patients and their families and your commitment to the extraordinary neonatal nursing profession!

05/05/2023

St. David's Healthcare sponsored an NICU Graduate Reunion celebration that brought families together to recognize recent graduates and their loved ones.

04/20/2023

Multiple studies have indicated a greater risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality when births occur in out-of-hospital settings.

04/07/2023

An Indiana boy who was born at 23 weeks gestation has been discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital after 190 days.

03/03/2023

Machine learning models that use maternal and neonatal EHR data can assist in the assessment of risk of multiple adverse neonatal outcomes.

12/06/2022

Clinical leaders from Texas Children's Hospital presented their neonatal positioning research findings at the 2022 NANN conference.

Their study of the Dandle ROO2 concluded that "Developmental aids in the NICU can improve overall positioning and posture in neonates. Patients that use these aids have better positioning and posture than those that do not use developmental aids."

Congratulations to Nana Funk MSN BS RN CCRN, Isa Baruah MSN RN CCRN-K CPHQ, Amy Zodin MSN BS RN RNC-NIC, Delinda Castillo MSN RN C-ELBW, and Stephanie Bates PT CNT on their successful research and poster presentation!

For a PDF version of this poster, click here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:bdb2f483-e781-3a24-9675-8faf3c18243e

10/27/2022

Results of multiple studies were presented at IDWeek 2022.

09/15/2022

Today is YOUR day, neonatal nurses!

09/09/2022

Next week is ! Want to give a shoutout to your NICU team? Email ocardinale@nann.org to feature your NICU on NANN's social media!

04/24/2022

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Therapeutic hypothermia is the standard of care for babies born with HIE, but there are several controversial concepts related to the bedside care of this population. Join our mini-course in April and be a part of the conversation

04/21/2022

🚨 Free Advances in Neonatal Care article alert 🚨 Explore dyadic synchrony and how to promote high-quality mother–infant interactions in the NICU: http://ow.ly/CYHg50IMUUy

04/02/2022

A new study shows that hydrocortisone does not prevent lung complication in extremely preterm infants: http://ow.ly/epcT50IxnvB

03/22/2022

A Kaiser Permanente analysis of pregnant patients who tested positive for the coronavirus found more than double the risk of poor outcomes including preterm birth, venous thromboembolism (blood clot), and severe maternal morbidity, which includes conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrom...

02/18/2022

A genetic disorder in PRDM6 causes a common congenital heart defect in premature infants — suggesting a potential target for the treatment of congenital heart

01/21/2022

Emotional exhaustion, isolation and “nonsensical” visitor and other hospital policies contributed to parents of children hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units feeling less satisfied with care during the early days of COVID-19.

10/10/2021

NANN sends our love and support to everyone struggling with their mental health on this . You are stronger than you know. You are not alone. 💙