Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The arrival of a baby can be one of life’s most joyous occasions. But when your newborn needs special care, it can be one of life’s most challenging times, and having to travel far from home can add to that stress. Parents throughout the greater Birmingham area can now look forward to high quality neonatal intensive care close to home.
The nurses and neonatologists in Grandview Medical Center’s Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provide around-the-clock care for newborns that need extra care. The NICU provides access to equipment and resources in an environment that supports and strengthens your baby's delicate immune system.
A traditional NICU can be loud and crowded. That’s why Grandview Medical Center offers 16 private rooms for visitation. Parents and newborns can benefit from spending time together in a quiet, relaxing setting. We also have a 6-bed, open bay area for our more critical infants.
We believe families are important. We show this in several ways:
- Our private patient rooms help facilitate communication, bonding and integration of the family into the care plan for each baby while maintaining privacy.
- We accommodate parents, allowing them to stay the night and care for their infants.
- Within the NICU, we have an open visitation policy meaning siblings and other extended family members are allowed to visit. Please check with your nurse. Visitation is currently limited due to COVID.
- Throughout the infant’s stay in the NICU, parents park free.
Look Forward to Going Home
Once your little one is ready to leave the hospital, parents and baby will prepare for discharge in a private room. As a member of the Grandview Medical Center NICU family, parents can look forward to postpartum support and special events to celebrate the lives of our most precious babies.
NICU Visitation
There is a limit of six total named visitors. With permission of mother and significant other, the infant can have six named visitors above the age of 8 years old. Mother and significant other count as two visitors. Siblings of infant will not have to be listed as part of the named six visitors. The named visitors will be listed on our visitor log without changes for the length of the infant’s hospital stay.
Only 2 visitors at a time in the baby’s room. Other named visitors will be asked to please remain in the waiting room until their turn.
Siblings, under the age of 8 years old, can visit during “Big Brother/Big Sister Time.” This special time is 30 minutes between 5:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. each evening. The only exception will be in the case of twins when one is discharged home before the other. The discharged twin can return with parents at any time to visit their hospitalized twin.
Infants may have only one armband holder spend the night with them at a time. Armbands are assigned on admission (one must be to a parent) and may not be changed for the duration of the admission.
If you feel ill at all, or have been exposed to an illness recently, please do not visit. The health and safety of these little ones in the neonatal intensive care unit is our highest concern.