July 2020
Rosanne
Jones
,
EN
Special Care Nursery
Royal Hobart Hospital
Hobart
Australia
Ever since having our son at 31+6 gestation, Rosanne has been such fantastic support for me and my family. I have been dealing with postnatal depression since having my son (our 5th child) and dealing with the whole new preemie baby experience was terrifying for me.
Roseanne has always made the time to talk to me and reassure me about things. She will sit down and listen to my 100's of questions even if I ask the same thing over and over again and will always tell me there is never a stupid question. I honestly don't know how I would have got through a lot of the time during our stay here without having her to talk to or, on numerous occasions, cry to.
She is slowly teaching me to look at my baby and not the monitors which I would do on numerous occasions and would scare myself, and I am slowly learning this. I was moved to a room with a view which I believe has helped a lot with my mental health as I now have something else to look at.
Without having the support of this amazing nurse I think I would be a lot worse than what I was.
Roseanne has always made the time to talk to me and reassure me about things. She will sit down and listen to my 100's of questions even if I ask the same thing over and over again and will always tell me there is never a stupid question. I honestly don't know how I would have got through a lot of the time during our stay here without having her to talk to or, on numerous occasions, cry to.
She is slowly teaching me to look at my baby and not the monitors which I would do on numerous occasions and would scare myself, and I am slowly learning this. I was moved to a room with a view which I believe has helped a lot with my mental health as I now have something else to look at.
Without having the support of this amazing nurse I think I would be a lot worse than what I was.