Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta NICU

I currently work for Children’s healthcare of Atlanta in the Egleston Neonatal ICU. I have spent the last 9 years in NICUs as an RN, but I just started at CHOA in July. Our patients can be under 1 pound when they are born and need many special tools to keep their development as on track as possible. I noticed after starting here that many of the supplies were in very short supply, if available at all. There just weren’t enough to go around. So I decided to start making these tools myself to take into the unit. With my mom we have made weighted “frog” positioners and positioning rolls for my tiny patients!

I do this so that I can best help my tiny patients. There is nothing greater in this world than watching a patient, that had a very small chance of living, get better and go home with their family!

Meredith Field