Kosair Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

At the Kosair Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), patient care and family comfort are top priorities. Through family-centered care, we focus on including parents and family members in their child’s medical care plan. Parents may spend as much time at their child’s bedside as they like. Siblings are welcome in the unit to spend time with their new brother or sister, except during cold and flu season. 

The NICU serves both premature infants and those born with severe illnesses or conditions requiring surgery. As one of the largest in the United States, the NICU is fully equipped with the latest technology and is staffed by compassionate and highly trained professionals.

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Some the physical features of the NICU are:

  • A total of 97 beds
  • Beds for critical and intensive care patients
  • Beds for patients no longer requiring intensive care but needing specialized care
    Kids Kare, a home-like setting     for patients who require long-term care and/or are dependent on medical equipment.
    Isolation rooms
  • Newly designed private rooms featuring televisions and headphones, safes for storage of valuables and beds for parents (private rooms located in the Kosair Children’s Hospital NICU at Norton Hospital)
  • Pedway access between Kosair Children’s and Norton hospitals

The NICU at Kosair Children’s Hospital was first in the region to provide its tiny patients with nitric oxide therapy and extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO), a heart and lung bypass machine.

  • Other special services, capabilities and equipment available in the NICU Imaging services, such as radiology, CT and MRI
  • Surgical services from all disciplines
  • Medical services from all subspecialties
  • Respiratory therapy

The NICU and 3N nursery are staffed by qualified teams of:

  • Neonatalogists and specially trained nurse practitioners
  • RNs and LPNs
  • Respiratory therapists
  • Speech, occupational and physical therapists
  • Pharmacists
  • Clinical laboratory technicians
  • Neonatal nutritionists
  • Lactation consultants
  • Developmental specialists
  • Transport specialists

Our Family-Centered Care Committee provides support services and resources to families with newborns in the NICU. Parent-to-parent support and family education are available to all patients’ families. Additional support services include:

  • Pastoral care
  • Social services
  • Discharge planning and case management
  • Family education on disease process and equipment usage
  • Scrapbooking classes

The youngest critically ill patients receive outstanding care in our neonatal intensive care unit.

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