|
Women's and Children's Services NICU
|
|
|
Families and the Health Care Team working together,
making each experience count
Our goal is to provide you information about the NICU
and a taste of the care we will provide you and your baby.
- Katherine Claflin, MD, Medical Director of the NICU
|
|
|
 |
 |
The Saint Luke's Difference |
|
- 40 bed Level IIIb NICU at SLH cares for extremely premature and low birth weight infants as well as other infants requiring critical care.
- We are a regional Perinatal / Neonatal referral center.
- Board certified Neonatologists and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners are in-hospital 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
- All RN nursing staff includes a dedicated surgery team.
- Ongoing commitment to quality initiatives and research. (link for more info)
- Dedicated team includes lactation consultants, respiratory therapists, social worker, neonatal nutritionist, developmental specialist, neonatal pharmacist, infant massage specialist, discharge planners, and child passenger safety technicians.
- Saint Luke's Hospital's NICU is the first in Kansas and Missouri to complete the Wee Care Education-a program to promote the best outcomes for our tiny babies. We continue to be the only NICU in the Kansas City Metro area with this important training.
- Saint Luke's Hospital has the only NICU in the Kansas City area with a March of Dimes Family Support Specialist.
- Yearly NICU Reunion is held for graduate families.
|
|
|
|
Helpful Links |
|
- Helpful info/link (enter up to 3)
- Link to SLHS pages
- Link to external sites
|
|
|
|
Box 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The SLH NICU Reunion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Box 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Locations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Do You Know? |
|
- If your baby is born prematurely or requiring special care, he/she will not be transported to a different hospital but will remain with you.
- That babies born prematurely can breast feed.
- 60-68% of infants cared for in the Saint Luke's NICU go home breastfeeding.
- Per Vermont Oxford Network, Saint Luke's NICU has a very low infection rate.
|
|
|
|
Box 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Printer Friendly Page
CareLink