NICU

When your newborn needs special medical attention, you want to receive expert care and keep them close to loved ones. At the Clarke Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, you can have both.

The NICU is able to care for premature newborn babies (born at less than 37 weeks gestation) and full-term newborns with breathing problems, infections, jaundice or other problems. The 13-bed NICU is staffed by specially trained nurses and physicians.

To find out more about the Neonatal Intensive Care services at Moore Regional, please call (910) 715-2085.

Neonatal  Specialists

  • Board certified neonatologists
  • Neonatal nurse practitioners
  • Neonatal intensive care nurses
  • Neonatal respiratory therapists
  • Pediatric ophthalmologist

The physicians and neonatal nurse practitioners work collaboratively with the staff to provide around-the-clock intensive care for their patients, and they are always available to talk with the family about their baby’s status and progress.

Family-Centered

Even though your baby needs to be cared for by medical staff, you are their family.

The NICU staff’s family-centered approach is an important factor in the high quality of medical care and promotes the goals of healthy babies and happy families.

The bond between you and your baby starts at birth and should continued to be nurtured. As a family-centered NICU, we want to ensure you that infants requiring more than routine nursery care can still have their families close by.

Advanced Technology

The 13-bed NICU is equipped with the latest technology for infant monitoring and treatment including:

  • Cardio-respiratory monitoring
  • Temperature management
  • Intravenous fluids and nutrition
  • Supplemental oxygen
  • Conventional mechanical ventilation.
  • advanced imaging technologies
  • full range of laboratory testing.

Additional Information

Breastfeeding in the NICU

Our clinicians believe that the best nutrition for any baby is his/her own mother’s milk. Human breast milk is uniquely designed to provide nutrients and other factors that protect the baby from infection and augment the development of the digestive system. This benefit is critical for babies in the NICU. When a baby is unable to breast feed due to illness or premature birth, our staff – headed by a lactation nurse specialist – will assist the mother in collecting milk for administration to her baby until breast feeding can resume.

Regional referral center

Sick and premature babies born at other hospitals in the region are often transferred to the Clarke NICU at Moore Regional.

Babies needing more care

The NICU does not take care of extremely premature newborns (less than 28 weeks gestation) or newborns who require surgical or sub-specialty care. When infants needing those types of care are born at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, our Neonatal Team stabilizes them and arranges for transfer to one of the state’s large referral centers

Pediatric Hospital Care

Find out more about our pediatric hospital care services here.