Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Rush-Copley Medical Center's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has special expertise to handle 24-hour coverage of newborns with medical challenges such as:
- Premature infants born between 23 - 25 weeks gestation and older
- Low-birth weight infants weighing as little as 450 grams
- Babies born with congenital conditions or medical complications
- Infants requiring special care, surgery or other medical issues.
Rush-Copley has a team of highly skilled experts specializing in the treatment of high-risk pregnancies and newborns with complex medical conditions. Our team includes neonatologists, pediatric surgeons, perinatologists, obstetricians and specially trained nurses who staff the NICU. This clinical expertise of our healthcare providers, in partnership with families, has a direct effect in successes of the infants.
The NICU has a total of 9 Intensive Care Beds (including an isolation suite) and a 18-bed Level II+ Intermediate Care Nursery. There is also a Cradle Room available for breastpumping or for siblings and family members to relax, watch TV, or read children's books.
Our International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) provide support and round daily in the NICU. Mothers and babies go home with a discharge plan and are encouraged to return for weight checks or an outpatient appointment as needed.
A neonatologist (newborn specialist) is available 24 hours a day - a big comfort for expectant and new mothers.
Our Neonatal Follow-up Clinic offers comprehensive evaluations of newborns to toddlers to detect developmental delays as well as providing referrals and intervention as needed.