Facts About Your NICU

Kaweah Health NICU:

• 15 bed Community NICU, designated by California Children’s Services providing care for infants as early as 26 weeks gestation.
• 8 bed Neonatal Intermediate Care Beds
• 2 private, developmentally-friendly rooms for advanced care and family bonding.
• Neonatoligist/Pediatric Hospitalist on site 24/7
• Advance monitoring and communications system, cycled lighting with noise precautions to reduce stress and enhance infant biological rhythms.
• Equipped with the latest advancements in respiratory care. The most common need of a newborn in the NICU is respiratory support due to prematurity, pneumonia, transient tachypnea of the newborn and sepsis. Such support includes:
  • - iNO
  • Oscillators
  • Conventional Ventilators
  • CPAP
  • High Flow Nasal Cannula
• Ability to perform ROP screening with the use of Telemedicine.
• Central and Peripheral lines/IV nutrition
• Antibiotics
• Phototherapy
• Late Pre-term Infant Program

Kaweah Health’s NICU interdisciplinary team

• 2 CCS-Paneled Neonatologists
• 6 CCS-Paneled Pediatric Hospitalist
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Dedicated Respiratory Care Practitioner’s 24/7
• CCS-Paneled Medical Social Workers
• CCS-Paneled Clinical Registered Dietitian
• CCS-Paneled Occupational/Physical/Speech Therapist
• Dedicated Developmental care nurse
• Certified Lactation Counselors who provide lactation assistance

Kaweah Health’s NICU by the numbers

• 678 admissions in 2015
• 4500 total births in 2015