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OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED HOW A MALE became interested in neonatal nursing. My entire motivation was and still is my niece, who was born at roughly 33 weeks gestational age back in 1970. I vividly remember physicians speaking of gaps in medical knowledge when few options existed for treating babies such as Kristi. My sister recalls feeling very helpless; it was a terrible time. I know now that neonatal medicine was in its infancy.