About the N/IICU
The Harriet and Ronald Lassin Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU) is a state-of-the-art intensive care unit that provides care for newborns and infants. The unit serves critically ill newborns and infants who need general medical or surgical intervention, ECMO or apnea screening. It also accommodates patients with other medical problems who need the expertise of newborn intensive care staff .
Better meeting your needs
Our recently renovated and expanded NIICU has a variety of amenities for families and staff, including:
- Sleep chairs at each bedside for parents
- Larger sleep and shower rooms for parents
- Diurnal lighting to simulate the day-to-night cycle for your baby
- Large family lounge with a kitchen and computers
- Lactation rooms with breast-milk refrigerators and freezers
- Large consultation rooms for staff-family meetings
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Bedside computer work space for staff.
About our team
The newborn care team provides care to babies in the unit 24 hours a day. Our team includes:
- Attending physicians
- Fellows
- Residents
- Neonatal nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists
- Staff nurses
- Charge nurses
- Case managers
- ECMO specialists
- Clinical staff
- Respiratory care practitioners
- Social workers
- Physical therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Dietitians
- Lactation specialists
- Child Life
- Psychology
Learn more about the role each team member plays in caring for your baby.
Teamwork in the NIICU
The nursing staff is organized into teams that provide family-centered care from admission through discharge.
The medical staff is also organized into teams, led by a senior neonatologist (a specialist in newborn intensive care). Fellows, pediatric residents, neonatal nurse practitioners and pediatricians work with the neonatologists on each team to provide care for 12-15 babies.
One of the medical teams is devoted to the care of newborns requiring surgery, and specialized nurse practitioners and surgeons work with the neonatologists on this team.
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