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New to the NICU: Reflection Survey

We know you are thinking about your baby every minute. At the same time, it’s also important to take a minute to check-in with yourself. Tap into your feelings about being new to the NICU. You are not alone. We designed these questions for a ‘Me Moment’ to honor your feelings and ask for support that helps you. Thank you in advance for participating in these reflection questions! (Time: less than 2 minutes)

Sharing your reflections, you are giving your consent to participate. Your reflections will help improve NICU culture, health communication and health equity. Your answers will be kept confidential and anonymous. We will not use names in any notes, reports, or summaries. You may choose to stop at any time.

I am a:(Required)

Mom

Dad

Loved one

Choose your hospital(Required)

When I was first admitted to the NICU with my baby, I didn’t know what to expect or what would happen next to my baby.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

I feel that understanding high level medical language or ‘lingo’ helps me connect better with my care team for my baby.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

I feel that working hard to befriend my baby's nurse or doctor will provide me with more high quality and “insider information” that will help my baby.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

I feel that every NICU parent in my baby's NICU gets the same level of information about their baby in the NICU.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

I feel respected during interactions and conversations with doctors and nurses.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

I feel that my background (income level, education, occupation) affected how doctors and nurses treated me.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

When my baby was first admitted to the NICU, I felt that the doctors and nurses could relate to my personal experiences (race/ethnicity, gender, age, my health conditions and that of the baby).(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

When my baby was first admitted to the NICU, I felt there was a lot of medical information about my baby I had to process and find on my own.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

When my baby was first admitted to the NICU, I felt it was difficult to address things or get answers to things that were confusing or lacked clarity.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

Being a new NICU parent, I feel that finding commonalities with my doctors or nurses (similar upbringing, common interests, etc) is important because it helps them care more about my baby.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

The NICU is emotionally traumatic and it it takes time to process what is happening. It's hard to feel like I am hearing everything I need to.(Required)

This is totally how I feel

I feel this most days

I feel this some days, but not other days

Although I do not feel this way, I can see how others might feel this way

This is definitely NOT the case

We want to hear you thoughts and suggestions! If you would like, please use this space to tell us how your NICU experience and/or PreeMe+You app experience could be improved! No suggestion is too small and we greatly value all feedback.

We would love to connect, hear your thoughts, and have you be a part of the PreeMe NICU champions team!

Nicole Campbell

Nicole Campbell

Partnerships

nicole.campbell@preemeandyou.com

Yaya Ren

Founder, Medical Anthropologist

yaya.ren@preemeandyou.com