Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Innovative features of our newly renovated unit include:

• Single family rooms where parents can stay overnight.
• Expanded rooms that allow NICU twins and their families to stay together.
• A milk lab where infant feeding technicians will prepare individualized human milk and formula feedings that promote optimal nutrition and growth.
• Family respite lounge and serenity rooms provide places to rest outside the patient rooms.

The NICU also offers couplet care which enables mom and her NICU baby to heal in the same space should the baby need a higher level of care. St. John’s is one of only a few hospitals and medical centers in the United States to offer this innovative concept.

As the area's only level III NICU, our expert care teams of neonatologists, nurse practitioners, RNs and respiratory therapists are specially trained to work with our smallest patients. Our team also includes pharmacists, dietitians, lactation specialists, pediatric rehabilitation therapists, social workers and spiritual care staff members.