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NICU Nurse's Unfiltered Guide to Fear, Guilt, and Grief
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Takeaways
Fear, joy, guilt, anger, loneliness, and grief are the six emotions Sam sees over and over again in NICU parents, sometimes all in the same day.
Guilt tells NICU parents it's their fault. Sam explains why that almost never holds up, and why grace matters more than blame.
Grief in the NICU isn't only about loss of life. It can mean grieving the birth plan, the delivery, or the homecoming day that didn't happen the way you pictured it.
Summary of the episode
In episode two of Life…
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