Category: Reflections
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Between Critical Care and Daily Life
I created something I wish existed when I was first navigating my daughter’s diagnosis. As a parent, I’ve lived through both ends of the NICU spectrum—including a severe HIE course and the uncertainty that follows when the hospital stay ends but the questions don’t. There’s so much clinical knowledge in those moments. But very little…
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In the Space Between Clouds and Stars
Originally Published in Imprint (National Student Nurses’ Association), January 2026 This piece reflects on the space between crisis and clarity, and what it means to navigate caregiving, uncertainty, and growth in that in-between. Read the full publication in Imprint About the Author Gabrielle Ward-Collier is a nursing student at the University of Michigan–Flint and founder…
The Neuro Care Bridge 