Newborns and children are not little adults, they need specialized intensive care when acutely ill.

Parents do not plan on their newborn or child needing intensive care, and they do not know how to navigate this new reality within the health care system. “Trained to be Different” was created to inform and reassure parents and families that there is information, support, and guidance for them, and specialized health care providers for their extremely ill and vulnerable children: acute care pediatric and neonatal nurse practitioners.

Families whose newborn or child requires hospitalization need to be aware that acute care pediatric and neonatal nurse practitioners have the advanced, specialized education and training to diagnose and manage serious, life-threatening conditions and complex emergencies. Most people have seen nurse practitioners in primary care settings – as part of an outpatient practice or in retail or convenient care clinics. And most parents do not know that pediatric and neonatal nurse practitioners have graduate level education specific to critically ill newborns and children.

This footage was filmed prior to the 2020 pandemic.

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