Kiddos

[klone]

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"?

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

Kid, kiddo, little friend, punkin, little man/ladybug, sir/ma'am, and cheeky boy/girl for those kids who carry all but 1lb of their weight in their face.

It's wonderful to make up all kinds of cutesy names for your patients and not get in trouble for it. :)