Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Level 2 NICU – Care for preterm and sick newborns
At MercyOne, we provide you care and support from pregnancy to labor and delivery. Should your baby need advanced care, be assured our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has the advanced training and technology to provide the care you need for a pre-term or sick newborn.
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center is the only Level 2 NICU in the north Iowa and southern Minnesota region.
If your baby requires a longer stay, a room will be provided for parents to keep you and your baby together. Room and meal service will be available until your baby goes home.
Providing the area’s most advanced neonatal care, your baby’s care team includes:
- Board-certified and board-educated pediatric hospitalists
- Family medicine residents
- Registered nurses with advance training in NICU care, neonatal resuscitation, and lactation
- Lactation counselors available as needed
- Phlebotomists
- Pharmacists
- Radiologists
- Registered dieticians
- Respiratory therapists
- Case managers
We have the latest technology, high-tech monitoring, and specialized treatment options for critically ill babies.
Respiratory support including but not limited to:
- Ventilator support
- Non-invasive ventilation
- CPAP
- Vapotherm
Nutritional support:
- IV, oral and enteral (feeding tube)
- Donor breast milk available
- Antibiotic therapy
Our care team has the expertise and experience to care for:
- Respiratory distress of the newborn
- Prematurity
- Neonatal pneumonia
- Sepsis
- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Jaundice
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome (neonatal drug withdrawal)
- PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension)
- Feeding issues
Awards or Accreditation
- Safe Sleep Silver Certified by Cribs for Kids
- Annual reviews and support from the Iowa Statewide Perinatal Care Program
Pediatric Hospitalists
When a child is in need of hospital or critical care, it’s comforting to know specially trained and educated physicians are available to meet your child’s needs 24/7.
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center has pediatric hospitalists to care for pediatric, newborn and pre-term patients. These board-certified pediatric physicians are experienced and highly trained with their sole focus on the hospitalized care of children and babies. Your child will receive personalized, quality and safe pediatric, specialty and critical care.
Pediatric hospitalists at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center oversee care in our Level II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). They lead an advanced neonatal care team coordinating all aspects of your child’s care beginning immediately upon an infant’s arrival or birth.
Our pediatric hospitalists have access to advanced state-of-the-art technology and high-tech monitoring technology vital in the care of critically ill babies. This helps in delivering care including:
- Respiratory care and support for infants experiencing respiratory distress
- Treatment of neonatal pneumonia
- Prematurity
- Sepsis
- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN)
- Pediatric heart concerns and more
MercyOne is blessed to collaborate with neonatology specialists at the Level III advanced neonatal intensive care unit at MercyOne Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Our pediatric hospitalists consult with these experts in determining the correct treatment and level of care.
Our hospitalists know the healing benefits of receiving care close to family. They make every effort to keep your infant close to home. Should a higher level of care be needed, MercyOne Air Med is skilled in the safe transport of critically ill infants.
