This month we are excited to welcome Mary Jenner, BSN, RN! Mary is a nurse, innovator, and founder of The Butterfly Pig, a company dedicated to transforming children’s healthcare experiences through play-based education and trauma-informed tools. Drawing from her background in pediatric oncology and her lived experience as both a nurse and parent, Mary has become a leading voice in addressing medically-induced trauma and advancing emotional safety standards in pediatric care.

Her work has reached more than 100 hospitals worldwide, and early pilot studies demonstrate that her play-based medical education tools reduce pediatric anxiety by up to 40% after a single interaction, while increasing cooperation, family involvement, and provider efficiency.

Mary’s mission is to ensure that healing never causes harm by equipping hospitals, providers, and families with the resources and frameworks to deliver emotionally safe, family-centered pediatric care.

Objectives:

1. Define medical-induced trauma and describe its impact on children, families,…