Welcome to Flushing Hospital Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Flushing Hospital provides critical care to nearly 500 babies in its NICU annually and supports hundreds of families facing the challenges of having a newborn who requires specialized care.
We operate a Level 3 NICU, located on the fifth floor, adjacent to our newly renovated Labor and Delivery, and Mother-Baby Units. Operating a Level 3 NICU means our unit provides advanced, comprehensive, and compassionate care for premature and seriously ill newborn babies.
A Level 3 NICU is capable of caring for babies who:
- Are born at any gestational age
- Have a low birth weight
- Have trouble breathing and requires any level of respiratory support
- Have medical conditions that require specialized care
- Need long-term nutrition support intravenously (through IV) or feeding tube
As a Level 3 NICU we have a wide variety of staff that is highly trained in taking care of premature or very ill newborn babies.
In the event your baby requires specialized treatment, our dedicated and highly trained neonatal intensive care team will monitor your baby’s health 24/7 using the latest technology while delivering the highest quality healthcare.
Flushing Hospital’s NICU provides cutting-edge services and prompt access to a full range of highly trained caregivers, specialists, and subspecialists that include:
- Neonatologists
- Neonatal and advanced practice registered nurses
- Respiratory therapists
- Physical and occupational therapists
- Pharmacists
- Licensed social workers
- Lactation consultants
- Audiologists
- Pediatric ophthalmologists
- Pediatric anesthesiologists
- Pediatric cardiologists
- Neurologists
- Endocrinologists
The NICU team will guide parents, educate them, and communicate with them throughout their newborn’s progress. We welcome parents 24 hours a day and encourage them to touch, hold, and feed their babies as much as possible.
NICU Breastfeeding Support
As an accredited Baby-Friendly-USA institution, Flushing Hospital upholds the highest standards of infant feeding care by promoting breastfeeding. Our lactation consultants are on hand to support families with all their breastfeeding/ chestfeeding needs.
NICU Skin-To-Skin Care
We also promote NICU skin-to-skin care, which involves holding your baby to your bare chest to promote extra warmth and bonding. Skin-to-skin offers several benefits including helping to regulate babies’ temperatures, stabilizing blood sugar and oxygen levels, improving babies’ sleep quality, and improving breastfeeding.
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