Phoenix Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Phoenix Children's Hospital is one of the largest in the nation. Each year, approximately 1,300 babies throughout Arizona and the Southwest are admitted to this intensive care nursery. Most of the infants are premature, some as much as 16 weeks early weighing barely one pound.
These "preemies" are born with an array of medical conditions related to their immaturity, including respiratory distress syndrome, heart problems, immature skin and eyes, and under-developed digestive and neurological systems. Other babies are born full-term, but suffer from infection, congenital birth defects, in-utero drug exposure and complications from traumatic birth. Many of these infants require surgical and sub-specialist services, which are all available here at Phoenix Children's.
In the remarkably warm, personal and family-centered setting provided by Phoenix Children's Hospital, these tiny and ill infants have a great chance to survive and grow to reach their maximum potential.
Phoenix Children's is committed to providing state-of-the-art facilities for these fragile infants. The main campus NICU was constructed in 2002 with a pinwheel design that was considered the most cutting-edge design in neonatal medicine.
Today, trends in newborn care are leaning towards private room design. Phoenix Children's Hospital constructed ten private rooms in its main campus NICU, which opened January 18, 2005. Phoenix Children's is the first hospital in Arizona and one of only a few leading medical facilities in the nation to offer private rooms in a NICU.
In 2008, a $31.7 million renovation gave Phoenix Children’s 110 licensed beds in 76 private patient rooms, some of which are designated for the large number of multiple births that come to Phoenix Children’s from all over the world. These private NICU rooms offer families the ability to control their baby's environment to promote healing and bonding.
Contact
Main Campus NICU (602) 546-1454
Julie and Tim Louis NICU at Banner Good Samaritan (602) 546-4900
