Our researchers

Nancy Feeley, N, PhD, FCAN

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), NICU design, Parents, Psychological well-being

Project Director, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Senior Researcher, Centre for Nursing Research, Jewish General Hospital
Full Professor, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University

Contact details

(514) 340-8222 ext. 23943

nancy.feeley@mcgill.ca

@NLfeeleyN

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Stephanie Lopresti,
Administrative Coordinator
(514) 340-8222 ext. 25784
slopresti@jgh.mcgill.ca

Snapshot

Professor Nancy Feeley’s research is concerned with the parenting and well-being of parents whose infants require neonatal care hospitalization at birth

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Major Research Activities

Nancy Feeley’s research focuses on:

Parents and parenting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
NICU design
Parental mental health
Pilot randomized control trials

Recent Publications and References

Benefits and Challenges of Implementing an Adaptation of Family Integrated Care in a Ugandan Setting.
Feeley N, Kabajaasi O, Kenya-Mugisha N, Tagoola A, O’Brien K, Duby J. Adv Neonatal Care. 2024 Apr 1;24(2):172-180. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000001161.
Facilitators and constraints to Family Integrated Care in low-resource settings informed the adaptation in Uganda.
Kabajassi O, Reiter A, Tagoola A, Kenya-Mugisha N, O’Brien K, Wiens MO, Feeley N, Duby J. Acta Paediatr. 2024 Aug;113(8):1845-1851. doi: 10.1111/apa.17182.
Parent Perceptions of Transitioning From a 6-Bed Pod to a Single Family Room in a Mixed-Room Design NICU.
Crump L, Gosselin E, D’Addona M, Feeley N. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2023 Oct-Dec 01;37(4):E9-E16. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0000000000000724.
Family Integrated Care in Uganda: A feasibility study.
Duby J, Kabajaasi O, Muteteri J, Kisooka E, Barth D, Feeley N, O’Brien K, Nathan KM, Tagoola A, Wiens MO. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Mar;108(3):180-184. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324638.
Family-centred care and breastfeeding self-efficacy determined how ready mothers were for their infants to be discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit.
Lebel V, Argiropoulos N, Robins S, Charbonneau L, Feeley N. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Dec;111(12):2299-2306. doi: 10.1111/apa.16538.
Understanding factors associated with emotional closeness in parents with a preterm infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Lebel V, Campbell-Yeo M, Feeley N, Axelin A. Early Hum Dev. 2022 Oct;173:105664. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105664.
Factors influencing mothers' quality of sleep during their infants' NICU hospitalization.
Lebel, V., Feeley, N., Stremler, R., & Robins, S. (2022). Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 20(5), 610-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2021.1971985
Symptoms of depression in parents after discharge from NICU associated with family-centred care.
Axelin A, Feeley N, Campbell-Yeo M, Silnes Tandberg B, Szczapa T, Wielenga J, Weis J, Pavicic Bosnjak A, Jonsdottir RB, George K, Blomqvist YT, Bohlin K, Lehtonen L; Separation, Closeness Experiences in Neonatal Environment (SCENE) research group. J Adv Nurs. 2022 Jun;78(6):1676-1687. doi: 10.1111/jan.15128.
Emotional closeness among NICU fathers: A qualitative descriptive study.
Lebel V, Feeley N, Gosselin É, Axelin A. Adv Neonatal Care. 2022 Feb 1;22(1):E13-E21. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000889.

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