"“I really honestly didn't know what NICU was,” Schloegl told TODAY's Sheinelle Jones. What he does remember clearly is the nurse who helped guide him. “She kept it so simple for me,” he recalled. “Her calm, confident demeanor, it was what I needed at that moment.” That week changed the course of his life."
"Now, three years later, Schloegl works as a NICU nurse at Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, the very same hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Luca was treated after birth. This week, he's celebrating his first National Nurses Week as a nurse himself, while sharing his story on TODAY. It was not the career path he imagined."
"After Luca spent six days in the NICU, Schloegl couldn't stop thinking about the nurses who cared for his family. He enrolled in nursing school while raising his newborn alongside his wife and their two teenage daughters. Schloegl appeared on TODAY on May 8 to talk about what it took to switch careers."
"“It was definitely a big step. I just kind of dove right into it,” Schloegl told Sheinelle. “We were discharged on the 19 th of December and I was enrolled in community college classes by the second week of January.” “I just went all in. That experience was enough for me to see”"
A father in the NICU realized he was unprepared when his newborn son required respiratory support. He felt fear and uncertainty, but a nurse’s calm, confident guidance made the situation understandable. After his baby spent six days in the NICU, he could not stop thinking about the care his family received. He enrolled in nursing school while raising his newborn, his wife, and their two teenage daughters. He moved quickly into community college classes soon after discharge. Years later, he works as a NICU nurse at the same hospital where his son was treated, celebrating his first National Nurses Week and connecting with families, especially fathers, through a shared, approachable presence.
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