NICU vs Newborn Nursery in New Albany, IN
Neonatal Care in Southern Indiana
Noel Devore, APRN, Neonatal Intensive Care
Catherine Boggs, APRN, Neonatal Intensive Care
Baptist Health Floyd
Noel Devore, APRN:
Our NICU here at Baptist Health Floyd is a level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care unit that differs from a newborn nursery. A newborn nursery is pretty much what it says. It's for a well newborn who's able to stay here at the hospital and room in couplet care with their mom. Some medical conditions that might send a baby to the NICU here at Floyd are respiratory distress, sepsis, and sometimes babies will have high bilirubin, otherwise known as jaundice, and prematurity.
Catherine Boggs, APRN:
In our level 2 NICU, we're able to care for babies who are 32 weeks gestation and greater, 1,500 grams and greater, and babies who generally don't need a ventilator for longer than 24 hours. Beyond some phototherapy and some low blood sugar management, [babies] typically end up coming to us to manage and watch in the NICU.
Noel Devore, APRN:
We have the ability to closely monitor our infants. In addition, we have warmers that are for our more term babies, and we also have incubators for our babies who are born below 34 weeks.
Catherine Boggs, APRN:
I think it's very important to have a NICU at Baptist Health Floyd. Our patients had previously had to drive to Louisville for the NICU, and while it seems like it's a short drive, for our families that's a very long trip, so having this here for our families is very important.
