Nurture Guide Book

Nurture – guiding you through your hospital journey with a premature or sick newborn is an in-depth and comprehensive book touching on issues and concerns that affect families dealing with the birth of a premature or sick newborn.

The 128-page book has been developed with the help and guidance of health professionals and parents whose babies took an unfamiliar and unexpected journey, requiring specialist care in the first few days, weeks or months of their lives. It covers many aspects and concerns shared by parents to give readers a better understanding of neonatal care 'in a most complete and easily readable way'.

Nurture aims to empower families with knowledge, to help them feel comfortable and proactive in their child’s care and to provide them with the much needed support, guidance, confidence and strength for the journey ahead.

Nurture is available free of charge through Australian NICU's and SCN's at no cost to the hospital or receiving families. This special and informative guide book is included within our NICU Survival Pack resource. Ask your nurse for your NICU Survival Pack or contact us should your hospital not be a regular stockist of this resource.

For those not able to receive this through their hospital, this vital resource can now be accessed through our online shop for a minimal postage and handling fee. Please check with your nurse before ordering or contact us on 1300 622 243.

Testimonials for the Nurture Guide Book:

“Who better to produce such a guide, providing so much frank, valuable and practical advice, than those who have been through it all themselves? Who better to understand what it must be like, than the mothers, fathers and families of premature and sick infants?”- Assoc. Professor Ross Haslam Chairman, Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network 

 “I found Nurture very valuable. It helped us make sense of a lot of things in the early days. I would read it at night when I came home from NICU.” - Amanda Bronish, NICU Mum

“Yes I received Nurture!! Loved it, such a great resource at a very overwhelming and scary time.”
- Penny Johnson, NICU Mum

“I received a Nurture book and thought it was fantastic.” - Karen Spiers, NICU Mum

“I thought the Nurture book was amazing, it was very informative and reading others’ stories gave us a lot of hope.”- Nitasha Mishra, NICU Mum