Neonatal intensive care unit

If your baby is in the NICU, get familiar with the NICU levels, staff and equipment, plus what to know about visiting your NICU baby.

This Patient Page describes why your baby may need to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit, what will happen there, and what to expect when your baby goes home.

What are our “normal” Neonatal vital signs and how do we assess them? How do NICU Nurses assess our babies?!

The following is an excerpt from the testimony of Dr. Robin Pierucci, MD, a neonatologist and medical director of a 50-bed neonatal intensive-care unit. She was one of the witnesses at the Tuesday hearing “End Infanticide: Examining the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.” 1.) What is the medical standard of care for tending to […]

Following delivery, extremely premature infants are vulnerable to rapid development of hypothermia and hypoglycemia. To reduce local rates of these morbidities, a multidisciplinary team developed a protocol standardizing evidence-based care practices during the first hour after birth. Using quality improvement methodology, the Golden Hour protocol was implemented for all inborn infants <27 weeks’ gestation. Data were collected (2012–2017) over three phases; pre-protocol (n = 80), Phase I…

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Tips for the first few days after NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) discharge. Article focuses on how to prepare for the first appointment with the pediatrician, especially when everything may feel overwhelming. A NICU stay can be long, exhausting, and stressful. Leaving the NICU and life after the NICU doesn't have to be.