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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is a leading center for the management of critically ill newborn infants with the technology and therapies available to offer the best chance for survival. We have an extraordinary dedicated staff of physicians, neonatal nurses and nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, psychologists, social workers, a full-time nutritionist, and pharmacists. At night, we have a strong complement of doctors and nurses, nurse practitioners and pediatric hospitalists. Our NICU nursing team has received the highest nursing team award from Advances for Nurses magazine.
With 62 beds (including a four-bed infant transitional unit located near the delivery room), our NICU provides significant space for clinicians at the bedside, as well as an isolation suite and procedure room that allow the majority of care to be delivered on the unit. In addition, the NICU has a large lounge, privacy areas and a range of amenities for families.
We encourage families to be involved in the care of their infant from the very beginning. Within the NICU, there is room for parents to sleep next to their childs isolette.Since premature babies are generally hospitalized for several months, parents are often anxious about discharge and returning home with their infant. As part of our commitment to providing family-centered care, we help parents make this transition by offering them the opportunity to spend the night before discharge in a homelike furnished bedroom with their baby, who is now able to sleep in a crib. Here, parents take care of the babys needs throughout the night, knowing that if they require medical assistance, nurses are close at hand.
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