Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Neonatal Intensive Care Units are level III departments offering the highest-level care for critically ill babies, premature newborns or infants requiring close observation.
Neonatologists and maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and special neonatal intensive care nurses, provide these babies with special care and attention. In addition, care teams which may include pediatric occupational, physical and swallowing/feeding therapists, nutritionists, spiritual management and other special care providers may be part of the ongoing team addressing babies’ unique needs
Locations
Milwaukee
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – St. Joseph’s 54-bed NICU is a member of the internal Vermont Oxford Network, which tracks the care and outcomes of more than 45,000 newborn infants.
St. Joseph’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ranks among the best hospitals nationally and internationally in these critical areas:
• Below network in average C-section rate.
• Shorter hospital stays for very low birth weight babies.
• Higher than average survival rate for very low birth weight babies.
Our NICU takes care of more than 700 patients annually and opened its doors in 1973. Its 24-hour staff includes neonatologists, nurses (with an average tenure of 16 years in the unit), physical and swallowing/feeding therapists, nutritionists and more.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – St. Joseph
5000 W. Chambers Street
Milwaukee WI 53210
Phone: (414) 447-2000
Racine
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints’ 18-bed NICU is prepared to meet the special needs of high-risk infants and their families. The NICU is equipped with the latest and most advanced technology to care for critically ill infants. A 24-hour neonatology staff of physicians, nurses, social workers, radiologists, occupational therapists and pharmacists are available to provide the special attention needed and to answer questions.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints
St. Luke’s Center for Women and Children
3821 Spring Street
Racine WI 53405
