The UPMC Magee-Womens Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a 24-bed, level three facility that serves the specialized needs of high-risk infants. The NICU staff focuses on delivering a high level of clinical expertise in a family-centered and developmentally sensitive atmosphere.
Our local team is made up of many health care professionals with special training and skills who work as a team, discussing each baby’s needs and progress. Working together, our nurses and support staff ensure that each infant in our care receives the treatment he or she needs.
Our Services
Amenities
- 24 licensed beds
- Level III nursery since 1980
- Transport services
- Neonatal nurse practitioners
- Neonatologist
- Family-centered care
- Relationship-based care
- Weekly family service rounds with interdisciplinary team
- Vermont Oxford participation
- Nurse patient ratio dependent on faculty - 1:1 to 1:4
- High risk delivery attendance
- Isolation room/transition nursery
- NICU follow up clinic
- Skin to skin/Mother-baby bonding
