Kiddos

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

As a non-NICU nurse who has worked in the NICU (in a research role), I found it an odd, yet endearing thing, that the nurses always referred to the babies as "kiddos". It seemed universal in the NICUs in which I worked (three). Now I'm reading threads here and seeing nurses here also using that term (makes me smile).

Do all NICU nurses call their patients "kiddo"?

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

We also refer to the rest of the hospital's patients (unless a peds hosp) as "grown-ups". And we don't want to work there!!! :D

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Specializes in ICU.

we call them kiddos, little people, tiny people. we call the micros squids or squidlets.

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Lol!! Kiddos?! No i call them little teeny weenies or little popsicles.

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Micro Squid!! Thats hilarious!!!!!

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Specializes in NICU.

I call them 'kidlets' and in the case of boys, 'little dude.'

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We call them peanuts =)

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Specializes in Pedi.

Not a NICU but a pedi nurse. I rarely use the term "kiddo", but do call little boys "buddy" a lot.

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Yup, I am totally guilty of calling them kiddos, peanuts, twinkies (for twins), tiny humans, and a slew of other grossly adorable and endearing names. :) NICU nurses are a strange and amazing breed of human... Wouldn't want to be anything else.

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The nick names/ endearing terms are endless. Peanut is a frequent one.

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Specializes in NICU.

I have been known to call my patients, "cutie" to their faces :)

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Yup, kiddo, kid, buddy, little man, big girl, big guy, dude, sweetheart :D

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