Deanna Taynor

With more than 40 years as an LPN in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Deanna Taynor serves as an expert resource for nurses who take care of the hospital’s tiniest patients. Deanna’s expertise centers on taking care of the babies with feeding and breathing tubes, and her clinical colleagues eagerly tap her for information to help optimize outcomes for fragile infants with long-term chronic illnesses. Deanna also tends to the vital developmental needs of these infants by helping parents learn how to stimulate their babies by playing and communicating with them, creating special bonds between the babies and their families.