Family integrated care; A Florence Nightingale Foundation scholarship and international journey of discovery for improvement in neonatal care. A review of services

Family Integrated Care (FICare) is a philosophy and model of care that supports parents in becoming active members of the team caring for their baby now living in the neonatal intensive care unit. As nurses with over 25 years' experience in neonatal care and an enthusiasm to always enhance care for infants and their families, the authors wished to see first-hand how this model of care works. After being awarded a travel scholarship by the Florence Nightingale Foundation with funding by The Sandra Charitable Trust to research and study implementation of the Family Integrated Care (FICare) model, FICare is currently being implemented in the NICU at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.