NICU
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides critical care to newborns who are ill or premature. Many factors may lead to a newborn being admitted to the NICU, including low birth weight or complications during delivery. The NICU staff works closely with parents to develop a treatment plan for their newborn.
Neonatal intensive care in South Denver
If your child is born prematurely or with a critical illness, we are here to help.
The HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge Level III NICU in Lone Tree, Colorado, offers newborns additional care in their first days, weeks or months of life. We have the team, technology and processes to provide the most advanced critical care for our smallest patients.
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Here is what you can expect from us at the Sky Ridge Birth Place
- Board-certified OB/GYNs, anesthesiologists and certified nurse anesthetists in-house 24/7
- Labor and delivery staff who are highly trained, seasoned nurses with decades of experience
- Perinatologists and neonatologists on call 24/7
High-quality care for you and your baby
Our goal is healthy moms and healthy babies throughout the birth experience. As an HCA HealthONE hospital, Sky Ridge is committed to the Perinatal Safety Initiative that HCA Healthcare facilities embrace, including:
- Jaundice management
- Maternal medication safety
- Fetal heart monitoring education
- Support for waiting until at least 39 weeks for delivery
NICU services for our families
- 24/7 visitation for parents
- Camera system to broadcast live video of your newborn to support parent-child bonding
- Certified lactation consultants who are also NICU nurses
- Compassionate and comprehensive treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
- Donor breast milk, if needed
- Encouragement and support for skin-to-skin contact
- Infant rooms accommodating your family to stay at the bedside as much as desired
- Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) with the aid of a trained developmental specialist; our neonatologists and NNPs develop a plan of care specific to your baby
- Special NICU beds with the ability to transform from incubators to cribs as your baby grows and gets stronger
- Specialized beds designed to transfer your baby anywhere in the hospital
Our Level III NICU
HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge offers comprehensive care to our tiniest patients. While no parent wants to think about having their baby in the NICU, it is reassuring to know our Level III NICU can care for infants as young as 23 weeks. Your baby will receive the very best medical care and support, including appropriate equipment, technology, staffing and access to specialists.
Sky Ridge offers 23 private rooms, including one triplet room and three twin rooms. We also have two parent “rooming in” accommodations to prepare parents for their little ones' return home. As part of the HCA HealthONE network of care, we specialize in maternal-fetal care, have 24/7 high-risk perinatologists and have the most experienced high-risk OB physicians, nurses and transport teams in the eight-state region.
We also offer a camera system to give our NICU parents greater peace of mind. This system allows parents, family and friends to view their baby in real time, 24/7, through a secure online portal. The camera delivers a secure image stream so you can view your baby remotely from anywhere there is an internet connection via a laptop, smartphone or tablet. You will receive a unique, secure log-in when using this service.