When families are preparing for a new baby, no one expects anything to go wrong. But every year, 1 in 10 newborns are admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) because they are born too soon, too small or with a birth defect. The hospitalization of a baby in a NICU can be one of the most frightening, confusing and overwhelming experiences a parent can have. March of Dimes NICU Family Support aims to help the hospital make the NICU experience smoother and less traumatic for the NICU families.
In the Maryland-National Capital Area Chapter, NICU Family Support projects are located at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in Fairfax, Va., and Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
For more information on NICU Family Support, click here. To read the annual reports of the three NICU Family Support projects in the chapter, click the links below. |
