Northwest Health Hosts Annual NICU Reunion on Oct. 5
9/30/2019
On Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Willow Creek Medical Office Building the Northwest Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will host its annual reunion, bringing “graduates”’ of the NICU and their families back together with the physicians and staff who fought so hard to help them to survive and thrive.
This fun-filled event brings together hundreds of NICU alumni and their family plus the staff who cared for them at a critical time in their young lives. The reunion provides a time of remembering, sharing and looking at how far these children have come after a challenging start.
Northwest Health has treated thousands of Northwest Arkansas, Northeast Oklahoma and Southwest Missouri’s most delicate patients – babies who have weighed less than 2 pounds at birth, or babies whose systems need constant help to function.
In 2015, Northwest Health expanded their NICU services to the Benton County market allowing newborns that require additional care after delivery to remain in the area closer to their family during the hospitalization and recovery process.
At the NICU, board-certified neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners and neonatal nurses along with social workers and respiratory, physical, occupational and speech therapists work as a team to provide the extra attention these babies need.
Northwest Health is well-equipped and ready to care for very special needs infants with the most critically ill babies receiving care at a one-nurse-to-one-baby ratio. Northwest Health pairs technologically advanced neonatal care with a warm, family centered approach providing a safe and caring environment for these babies.
Benefits of the NICU include:
- Level III neonatal intensive care unit in Northwest Arkansas
- Board certified neonatologists
- Certified neonatal nurse practitioners
- Respiratory therapists with specialized training in the care of fragile newborns
- Dedicated NICU ambulance to ensure safe transport of premature babies from hospitals that do not have a NICU throughout Arkansas and the surrounding region
- Physical, occupational and speech therapists certified by The Neonatal Therapy National Certification Board (NTNCB)
- High Frequency Ventilation (HFV)
- Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNo) Therapy
- Whole Body Cooling (Therapeutic Hypothermia)
- Amplitude Integrated electroencephalography (aEEG)
- Dedicated NICU dietician
- Family-centered care
- Pastoral services
- Social workers
- Guest House with hotel-like accommodations for families of critical care babies
For more information about our NICU visit our maternity care section.
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