NIDCAP Federation International
Hospitals and Health CareMassachusetts, United States201-500 Employees
Vision: The NFI envisions a global society in which all hospitalized newborns and their families receive care in the evidence-based NIDCAP model. NIDCAP supports development, enhances strengths and minimizes stress for infants, family and staff who care for them. It is individualized and uses a relationship-based, family-integrated approach that yields measurable outcomes. Purpose: The purpose of the NFI is to serve as the authoritative leader for research, development, and dissemination of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) and for the certification of trainers, health care professionals, and nurseries in the NIDCAP approach. Mission: The NIDCAP Federation International (NFI) improves the future for all infants in hospitals and their families with individualized, developmental, family-centered, research-based NIDCAP care.