Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
If your baby needs advanced care, Norton Healthcare has neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with specialized staff and technology to support your newborn’s needs.
The Highest Level of Care in the Region
Norton Children’s Hospital, serving Norton Hospital patients and patients from across Kentucky and Southern Indiana, and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, offer NICUs with proven expertise in caring for premature babies and infants with special medical conditions. The NICU at Norton Children’s is a Level IV, providing the highest level of care for newborns. Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital has a Level III NICU.
What Can You Expect From Our NICUs?
Our NICU staff members are skilled at caring for newborns and babies with special conditions. Each of our NICUs includes:
- Neonatalogists and specially trained nurse practitioners
- Registered nurses
- Respiratory therapists
- Speech, occupational and physical therapists
- Pharmacists
- Clinical laboratory technicians
- Neonatal nutritionists
- Lactation consultants
- Developmental specialists
- Transport specialists
- Physician assistants
Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital sees mini baby boom
While there isn’t an overall baby boom expected, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital had a mini boom on Monday, Jan.18, when 32 babies were born. This includes four sets of twins: two sets of girls, […]
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Kentucky sets Maternal Health Awareness Day in effort to reduce pregnancy-related deaths
Kentucky is the fifth state to designate a day calling for action to raise public awareness about the importance of maternal health and to promote maternal safety. Jan. 23 has been set aside to educate […]
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Perinatal depression: What women should know
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), perinatal depression, or depression that happens during and after pregnancy, is one of the most common medical complications during pregnancy and the postpartum period. ACOG […]
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Family Comfort Garden provides rest, reflection space close to labor and delivery at Norton Hospital
Patients and family members on the third floor of Norton Hospital have a new outdoor space where they can go to relax, meditate or enjoy the company of family members. This floor is home to […]
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Not enough Black and Hispanic women get flu and whooping cough vaccines while pregnant
During pregnancy, there are two vaccines that women should get to help protect them and their unborn children. Unfortunately, many women in the United States are not getting vaccinated, especially if they are Black or […]
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Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital sees mini baby boom
While there isn’t an overall baby boom expected, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital had a mini boom on Monday, Jan.18, when 32 babies were born. This includes four sets of twins: two sets of girls, […]
Read Full Story
Kentucky sets Maternal Health Awareness Day in effort to reduce pregnancy-related deaths
Kentucky is the fifth state to designate a day calling for action to raise public awareness about the importance of maternal health and to promote maternal safety. Jan. 23 has been set aside to educate […]
Read Full Story
Perinatal depression: What women should know
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), perinatal depression, or depression that happens during and after pregnancy, is one of the most common medical complications during pregnancy and the postpartum period. ACOG […]
Read Full Story
Family Comfort Garden provides rest, reflection space close to labor and delivery at Norton Hospital
Patients and family members on the third floor of Norton Hospital have a new outdoor space where they can go to relax, meditate or enjoy the company of family members. This floor is home to […]
Read Full Story
Not enough Black and Hispanic women get flu and whooping cough vaccines while pregnant
During pregnancy, there are two vaccines that women should get to help protect them and their unborn children. Unfortunately, many women in the United States are not getting vaccinated, especially if they are Black or […]
Read Full Story
