Failed neonatal transport: a heartache for all concerned.
Nurses are in a prime position to provide support to parents when a baby is born extremely premature and then expires. How the nurse responds to the shocked and grieving parents will impact how they experience and remember their loss. This article is a personal account of an unsuccessful neonatal transport. The nurse recalls the circumstances surrounding this event and the results that followed.
MedCenter Air, Levine Children's Hospital, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. kim.buchanan@carolinashealthcare.org
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