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Ep. 182: Trauma-Informed Care in the NICU
In this episode of The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast, I’m joined by NICU clinical nurse educator Jessi Barnes for a powerful conversation about the intersection of professional expertise and lived experience.
With 15 years of nursing experience—including time in high-risk perinatal units and the NICU—Jessi now dedicates her career to teaching and mentoring NICU nurses with a trauma-informed lens. But her perspective deepened profoundly when her own daughter was born prematurely at 27 weeks and spent 75 days in the NICU.
Together, we explore:
👩⚕️ What it means to be a NICU clinical nurse educator…
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