NICU Family Education & Information
This section of our website is designed to provide NICU families with information they may find useful during and after their child’s/children’s stay in the Shyan Sun, M.D. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Many of the resources were developed, or are supported, by the NICU Family Advisory Council (FAC). The FAC is made up of about 80 graduate NICU parents who volunteer their time to make the experiences of current NICU families a little easier. They are all grateful for the care their babies received in the NICU. The FAC is led by the Parent Coordinator, who is a part-time staff person, who also had a baby in the NICU.
Current and former NICU families interested in learning about ways you might give back to the NICU after you take your baby home are asked to get in touch with Stephanie D’Andrea, FAC Coordinator, at stephanie.dandrea@rwjbh.org or 973‐322‐9486.
- Welcome Letter/Guide to Spending Time in the NICU
- NICU Family Resource Guide
- A Parents’ Guide to Sibling Adjustment in the NICU
- NICU Family Newsletters
- Transition to Home: NICU Discharge Class
- Safe Sleep Guidelines
- Early Intervention Brochure
- Tummy Time
Small Baby Resources
- Small Baby Guide
- Noise in the NICU
- Recognizing and Responding to Your Baby’s Stress Signals
- Cycled Lightening in the NICU
- Supporting Your Small Baby in the NICU
Fact Sheets for NICU Terms/Conditions
- Apnea and Bradycardia
- Blood Transfusion
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
- Jaundice
- Kangaroo Care
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Newborn Sepsis
- Patent Ductus Arteriosis (PDA)
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
- Umbilical Catheter
- Hypoglycemia
- Gastrostomy
- HIE (Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy)
- Waking Your Sleeping Baby