In the article Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Neonatal Intensive Care, authored by Marissa Clottey, BSN, RN and Dana Marie Dillard MD, focuses on the importance of recognize symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and neonatal care. Traumatic Stress Disorder in Parents Whose Infant Was Admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit The article also addresses the importance of informing expectant parents of the possibility of developing post-traumatic stress disorder if their newborn born was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. A parent has a baby staying in the neonatal intensive care unit and is worried and stressed about their baby's health. This worry and stress can cause parents to develop post-traumatic stress disorder. A parent is more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder if they experience fear of the unknown and fear of death, have poor quality of life, have medical interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit and if he has any stories from other parents' experiences with the neonatal intensive care unit. . A study showed that parents who have babies in the neonatal intensive care unit suffer in their social relationships, including their marital relationships. The article suggests that childbirth educators should prepare parents for the possibility of post-traumatic stress disorder in prenatal classes and teach the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, so that parents can recognize if they begin to exhibit symptoms of the post-traumatic stress disorder they have. can receive the help they need. One study found that post-traumatic stress disorder, which develops from childbirth experiences, accounts for 1.7% to 5.6% of all cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. In a study of 130 parents with infants in the Neonata Intensive Care Unit...... middle of document ......al, but these tests did not account for post-traumatic stress disorder. I believe that parents whose infant is in the neonatal intensive care unit should be required to see a therapist to prevent the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder as well as a support system for the parents. If I had to do this mission again, I would not choose another article. The field of neonatal and maternal nursing is something I am very interested in and learning about the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and parents with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit was something I did not didn't know. If I had to choose another article, it would also be about the neonatal intensive care unit because it is one that interests me. The article I chose allowed me to learn more about the effects of the neonatal intensive care unit on parents..