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Quentin & Elisabeth Alexander NICU

Ranked #2 in the U.S. for neonatal care, Rainbow now has the facilities to match the outstanding care that our most fragile patients receive.

The NICU at Rainbow is widely regarded as an international leader in treating critically-ill babies and extremely low birth weight babies.

The Quentin & Elisabeth Alexander Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Rainbow Babies opened in the spring of 2009.

The Rainbow NICU Level III unit is designed by the National Institutes of Health as a Neonatal Research Center.
 

The new, 38-bed NICU will bring together advanced technology, research and operative services in a homelike environment for newborns and their families.

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About the NICU

New parents eagerly look forward to bringing their baby home, so it can be frightening if your newborn needs to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). At first it may seem like a foreign place, but understanding the NICU and what goes on there can help reduce your fears and let you better help your baby.

Nicu PatientAbout the NICU
If your baby is sent to the NICU, your first question probably will be: What is this place? With equipment designed for infants and a hospital staff who have special training in newborn care, the NICU is an intensive care unit created for sick newborns who need specialized treatment.

Sometimes the NICU is also called:
a special care nursery
an intensive care nursery
newborn intensive care

Babies who need to go to the unit are often admitted within the first 24 hours after birth. Babies may be sent to the NICU if:
they're born prematurely
difficulties occur during their delivery
they show signs of a problem in the first few days of life

Only very young babies (or babies with a condition linked to being born prematurely) are treated in the NICU — they're usually infants who haven't gone home from the hospital yet after being born. How long these infants remain in the unit depends on the severity of their illness.
NICU Grand Opening

NICU Grand Opening
The Kuznar's Story

 
 
Every parent wants the best for their newborn … especially when that baby is ill.

According to US News and World Report the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Rainbow is rated number two in the nation. For the Kuznar Family that extraordinary level of care has made all the difference.

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