Happy Thanksgiving, All! This year is flying by, as opportunities for speaking/writing accelerate over here. The latest film review is from another professional source, the Journal of Neonatal Nursing. The reviewer writes, “…this video is an excellent source for parents to find hope in shared experiences.  By watching this film, parents new to dealing with prematurity could encounter a little less fear in the whirlwind of decisions and procedures.  Hearing that at least one family struggled to bond through the tangle of wires and tubes, or another mother suffered by not being able to hold the...

A generous praise was given yours truly by Laura Stakal, writer for Nurse Week Magazine (aka: www.nurse.com, online) for the film, Micropremature Babies: How Low Can You Go? plus the new children’s book, My Mom Is A Nurse. Click here to access the article from nurse.com: http://news.nurse.com/article/20090615/CA02/106150056 Nurse Sends Messages of Care Through Book, Video By Laura M. Stakal Monday June 15, 2009 Candy Campbell, RN, wants to reach out to families and nurses through education. That’s why she wrote the children’s book “My Mom is a Nurse” and directed the film...

Click here to access part 2 of the interview, where John extols the virtues of My Mom Is A Nurse and we answer listener questions about preemies, nursing and the state of health care . kgo-podcast-1b-5-10-09

Oregonian reporter Amy Wang, writing in her family-centered  blog called, “Omamas” gives a glowing review of the Micropremature Babies film. Check it out, here: http://tinyurl.com/cmdtfo Home > Omamas Film looks at the emotional, ethical side of ‘micropreemies’ Published: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 6:15 AM     Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 1:44 PM Amy Wang, The Oregonian When my son was in the neonatal intensive care unit at Providence St. Vincent, we joked that at 5 pounds, he was “the giant of the NICU.” With the ...

Click here: KGO Oct. 2002 Candy was a guest on KGO radio talk show host John Rothmann’s show in 2002, speaking about micropremature babies, the nursing shortage and the healthcare crisis in America. Click to hear an 8 minute excerpt of the  60 minute conversation, including some of the call-in questions and answers.