Dear NICU nurse, I couldn’t have done what I do without you, and the time to thank you publicly for all the ways you have helped me is more than overdue. Thank you for teaching me how to handle 500 grammers when I was a medical student and had no clue. This showed me your tolerance and good nature. Thank you for speaking up and questioning my orders when I made medication and other errors, and for admitting when you made errors, too. This showed me your integrity.
Thank you for having the delivery room all set up for us every time we went to resuscitate a baby: the bag and mask checked, the warmer turned on, the suction set at 80, and extra preparations made if we expected a very small or very sick baby. This showed me your organizational skills and ability to plan for any eventuality. Thank you for asking questions about your babies’ conditions, so you could better understand. This…
