Neonatal ICU Nurse Educator
Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY
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Patty Macho, PhD, MSN, RNC-NIC, BC-NPD, Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Educstior at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York. Over 39 years experience in a Level IV NICU. Thirty years as staff nruse and last 9 plus years as nurse educator. Multiple poster and podium presentation at local, regional, and national conferences including presentations on individualized developmental care in the NICU at Graven's National Conference multiple times. Developed and implemented multiple developmental care initialives in the NICU including infant driven feedings, positioning policies, noise reduction interventions, and family/patient centered care with a focus on individualized development care. Published concept analysis on Individualied Developmental Care in the NICU.