Families In Crisis: NICU Nurses

Families in Crisis
We as NICU nurses are given a very difficult task of caring for the most fragile population…as well as ministering to the most vulnerable families in the hospital.

Families in Crisis
Neither of these tasks is easy, yet we have to perform them simultaneously.
It is difficult and stressful…and also rewarding. Here we will focus on the family.

Objectives
 Recognition of the unique psychological tasks

and stressors of NICU families
 Description of assessment strategies for families in crisis
 Discussion of the impact on and interventions for successful family-infant bonding in NICU

Definition of Crisis
 Temporary disequilibrium

 A problem or transitional phase so stressful

that normal